An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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ויבִ א־ת ָ אֶ
שׁיא־ב ִ זָ אַי ֲ
קבַ דָ ו ְ וֹ ֑מּ א־ת ִ אֶ וְ
וֹתּ ְשׁ אִ ְבּ
A man shall leave his father and his mother and be
united to his wife.
Gen 2:24
התָּ א֑ ַ ינִ ְבּ You are my son.
Ps 2:7
הוהי־דבֶ ֶע֫ ה ֶשֹׁמ Moses, the servant of YHWH
Josh 12:6
ידּ֑ ִ בְ ַע לי ִכּ ְשַׂי My servant will act wisely.
שׁוֹד ְק־תאֶ וּצאֲ נִ
לאֵ רָ ְשׂ ִי
Isa 52:1–3
They have spurned the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 1:4
j The genitive of quality denotes that G has the quality of C; such phrases usually
involve people.
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ךָמוֹל ֶ֫
ְשׁ רהָ ָנּ ַכ יהְי ִ וַ
׃םָ יּה ַ י ֵלּגַ ְכּ ךָתְ קָ דְ ִצוְ Your peace would have been like a river, your
righteousness like the waves of the sea.
Isa 48:1–8
k The usually inanimate reference of a partitive genitive is a substance that can be
divided up: G is divided into (parts, including) C.
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9.5.2 Adverbial Genitive
םדָּ הַ י ִצחֲ ה ֶשֹׁמחקִּיּ ַ וַ
Moses took half of the blood.
Exod 24:6
a The various types of adverbial genitive involve the object, direct or mediated, of
the underlying verbal action, as in English ‘the king’s capture,’ implying
‘Someone captured the king.’In Hebrew, adverbial genitives can be classified
according to the relationship of the verb to the basic object.
19 For the naming formulas (e.g.,’Abner son of Ner’ is more common then ‘Abner’),
see D. J. A. Clines, “X, X ben Y, ben Y: Personal Names in Hebrew Narrative Style,”
Vetus Testamentum 22 (1972) 266–87.