Noun Common

Summary

Common nouns are nouns that are not proper names (i.e. names of people or places).

Article

A common noun is any noun that is not a proper name. Common noun change their form according to gender (either masculine or feminine) number (singular, dual, or plural), and state (either absolute or construct).

Form

Paradigm

Noun Paradigm

word	Hebrew	Transliteration	Gloss
masculine singular absolute	סוּס	sus	stallion
masculine singular construct	סוּס	sus	stallion of
feminine singular absolute	סוּסָה	susah	mare
feminine singular construct	סוּסַת	susat	mare of
masculine plural absolute	סוּסִים	susim	stallions
masculine plural construct	סוּסֵי	suse	stallions of
feminine plural absolute	סוּסוֹת	susoth	mares
feminine plural construct	סוּסוֹת	susoth	mares of

Examples

אִ֖ישׁ (man) is a common noun, but מֹשֶׁ֗ה (Moses) is not because it is a proper name.

Example: NUM 12:3

וְהָאִ֥ישׁ מֹשֶׁ֖ה ענו מְאֹ֑ד

weha’ish mosheh ‘nw me’od

and-the-man Moses humble very

The truth was that Moses was a very humble person