Hebrew - Prefixes and suffixes - general principles
Prefix or suffix consonants
Only 11
servile consonants can be prefixes or suffixes:
Mnemonic 1: ’êlêynû kâthabh môsheh (to us wrote Moses)
Mnemonic 2: ’êythân môsheh v
ekhâlêbh (Ethan, Moses and Caleb)
The list is aleph, beth, he, vav, yodh, kaph, lamedh, mem, nun, sin/shin, tav.
Radical consonants
The remaining 11
radical consonants are not used in prefixes or suffixes and so will be root consonants in a word.
The list is gimel, daleth, zayin, cheth, teth, samekh, ayin, pe, tsadeh, qoph, resh.
