An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

9.
10.
ךָתְּ רְ אַ ְפתּ ִ הֶיהְ ִ
ידוֹב ִ ְכ
Gen 16:5
ת אֹ ל Glory will not be yours (i.e., given you).
ה ֶמ־ד ַע
ה ָמּ לִ ְכל ִ
11. בלָ ח ָ ת ַבז ָ ץרֶ ֶ֫
א
׃שׁ ָבדוּ ְ
Judg 4:9
How long will the glory [bestowed] on me serve
as a reproach?
Ps 4:3
a land flowing with milk and honey
Deut 6:3
e A special genitive of this sort is the genitive of advantage (or disadvantage), in
which G is the recipient or beneficiary of a favorable (or unfavorable) action
denoted by C. 23
12.
׃וֹל ָכיהֵ ת ַמ ְק נִ
niqmâ for his temple
ִ ֶ ֵ֫
13. דיחָי לבא Jer 50:28
mourning for an only son
ִ ֶ ֵ֫
14. ךָיחָי לבא Amos 8:10
violence against your brother
15. ךְ ֶל ֑ ֶ֫
ֵ֫
Obad 10
מ ת ַמיא fear due a king
ָ ֫ ַ ֶ ֫
16. הח ֶפּה םה ֶל
Prov 20:2
the bread due the governor
17.
תוֹמחֲ ְל ִמ שׁיא־י ִ ִכּ
רזֶ ע֑ ָ֫
דְ דַ ה ֲ הָיה ָ י ִע ֹתּ֫
Neh 5:14
Hadadezer was experienced in battles against Toi
(i.e., A man of wars that had been fought against Toi
was Hadadezer).
2 Sam 8:10
f The genitive of location designates that G is the location or goal of C; such
genitives are alternatives to various prepositional constructions. If the phrase
refers to a location, the basic prepositional construction is usually that of ְבּ and
there is no implicit verb of motion.
23 This usage is comparable to the Greek dative of advantage, e.g., erchomai soi ‘I am
coming on your behalf,’ Rev 2:16; see 23.2.1. On some related Hebrew constructions
with l, see T. Muraoka, “On the So-called Dativus Ethicus in Hebrew,” Journal of
Theological Studies 29 (1978) 495–98.