Here is a complete list of grammatical abbreviations with their meanings:
Person
- 1cs: First person common singular (e.g., “I” or “my”)
- 1cp: First person common plural (e.g., “we” or “our”)
- 2ms: Second person masculine singular (e.g., “you” for a male)
- 2fs: Second person feminine singular (e.g., “you” for a female)
- 2mp: Second person masculine plural (e.g., “you all” for a group of men or mixed group)
- 2fp: Second person feminine plural (e.g., “you all” for a group of women)
- 3ms: Third person masculine singular (e.g., “he” or “his”)
- 3fs: Third person feminine singular (e.g., “she” or “her”)
- 3mp: Third person masculine plural (e.g., “they” or “their” for a group of men or mixed group)
- 3fp: Third person feminine plural (e.g., “they” or “their” for a group of women)
Gender
- ms: Masculine singular
- fs: Feminine singular
- mp: Masculine plural
- fp: Feminine plural
- cs: Common singular (can refer to either gender)
- cp: Common plural (can refer to either gender)
Number
- s: Singular (one person or thing)
- p: Plural (more than one person or thing)
These abbreviations help clarify the grammatical details of Hebrew words in morphological and syntactic analyses.
Two-Letter Abbreviations of Tanakh Books
- Gn – Genesis
- Ex – Exodus
- Lv – Leviticus
- Nm – Numbers
- Dt – Deuteronomy
- Js – Joshua
- Jg – Judges
- Sm – Samuel (1 and 2 Samuel combined)
- Kg – Kings (1 and 2 Kings combined)
- Is – Isaiah
- Jr – Jeremiah
- Ez – Ezekiel
- Ho – Hosea
- Jl – Joel
- Am – Amos
- Ob – Obadiah
- Jh – Jonah
- Mc – Micah
- Na – Nahum
- Hb – Habakkuk
- Zp – Zephaniah
- Hg – Haggai
- Zc – Zechariah
- Ml – Malachi
- Ps – Psalms
- Jb – Job
- Pr – Proverbs
- Ru – Ruth
- So – Song of Songs
- Ec – Ecclesiastes
- Lm – Lamentations
- Es – Esther
- Dn – Daniel
- Ezr – Ezra-Nehemiah (combined)
- Ch – Chronicles (1 and 2 Chronicles combined)