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Match: Genesis 1–2: eight reading patterns
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Passive forms and participants
Jussive wishes and commands
Plural form does not guarantee plural reference
Infinitive absolute emphasis
Narrative wayyiqtol
Negation and prohibitions
אֱלֹהִים has a plural-looking ending but refers to God with singular verbs in Genesis 1:1 and 1:3. נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה has feminine singular adjective agreement. Check actual agreement in the clause.
אָכֹל תֹּאכֵל in Genesis 2:16 and מוֹת תָּמוּת in 2:17 combine an infinitive absolute with a finite verb of the same root. The KJV renders freely eat and surely die; the exact English emphasis depends on context.
Forms such as וַיֹּאמֶר, וַיַּרְא and וַיִּיצֶר advance a narrative sequence. Identify the root, stem and subject separately; the prefix is not simply an English word and.
לֹא־טוֹב in Genesis 2:18 says not good; לֹא תֹאכַל in 2:17 prohibits eating. Read the clause and addressee rather than equating לֹא only with a standalone no.
וַיְכֻלּוּ in Genesis 2:1 says were completed; בְּהִבָּרְאָם in 2:4 means when they were created. Notice who or what undergoes the action before trying to identify Pual or Niphal.
יְהִי אוֹר in Genesis 1:3 means let there be light. Compare with וַיְהִי־אוֹר, and there was light: the first expresses a directive, the second a narrative event.
