1. Active Participles

2. Active Participles
The first Hebrew verb form we will learn is the participle.
Hebrew, like English, has two types of participles: active and passive.
In English, when we want to form an active participle we add “-ing” to the end of a word. For example: the running man or the man is running.
The active participle acts just like an adjective and can be used attributively or predicatively. For example:
Attributive:
הָאִישׁ הָהׂלֵךְ
the walking man (or) the man who is walking
Predicative:
הָאִישׁ הׂלֵךְ
the man is walking
Note that the attributive takes the definite article but the predicative does not.

3. Active Participles ֶת or ָה ִים וֹת
Just like nouns and adjectives, participles have a number and gender that is demonstrated by their endings.
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
No special ending
ֶת or ָה
Plural
ִים
וֹת
* Note the additional ending for the feminine singular.
In addition to endings that indicate number and gender, the active participle has one other indicator. The first vowel of an active participle is always either a holem ׂׂ or a full holem וׂ.
The meaning of the active participle is one of continuing action or progress. Translate active participles in the present tense or immediate future. For example:
הָאִישׁ הׂלֵךְ
the man is walking (or) the man is going to walk
the man walks

4. Active Participles Practice, Practice, Practice… כֹּרֵת הֹלֶכֶת
Masculine Singular
cutting/cuts
הֹלֶכֶת
Feminine Singular
walking/walks
עֹבְרִים
Masculine Plural
crossing/crosses
שֹׁלְחוֹת
Feminine Plural
sending/sends
נֹשֵֹאת
Feminine Singular
raising/lifting/raises/lifts
בֹּכָה
Feminine Singular
wailing/wails
גּוֹלוֹת
Feminine Plural
uncovering/revealing/uncovers/reveals
רֹאֶה
Masculine Singular
seeing/sees
בּוֹנִים
Masculine Plural
building/builds