An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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ןוֹעבְ ִג יבֵ ְשֹׁי those living in Gibeon
Josh 9:3
ןימָ ִ ינְ ִבּ ת ַע ְב ִגּ Gibeah in Benjamin
1 Sam 13:2
׃לבֶ זי ָ֫
ִע ןחַ ְל ֻשׁ י ֵל ְכֹא eating at the table of Jezebel
21. ר ֶכ ֫
ֶשׂי ֵשֹׂע־ ָלּ
׃שׁפֶ ָנ־י ֫ מֵ ְגאַ 1 Kgs 18:19
All the wage earners will be sick in spirit.
Isa 19:10
If the phrase refers to a goal, there is a verb of motion, either explicit or
implicit. 24
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וֹרי ִע־ר ַע ַשׁ ֫ יאֵ ָבּ who go in at the gate of his city
25. ר ֶבק ֶ֫ י ֵ ֫שׁ
26.
Gen 23:10
יבֹר ַ ְק those who come near to me
Lev 10:3
ד ֵעוֹמ יאֵ ָבּ who come to the feast
Lam 1:4
ב ְכ lain in the tomb
Ps 88:6
ע ַשׁ פֶּ ֫ יבֵ ָשׁ ְל those returning from sin
ַ ַ ֶ
27. ׃םיִיּ חה ץ ֵע ךְרדֶּ֫ Isa 59:20
the way to the tree of life
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רוֹב־ידֵ ְ
Gen 3:24
רוֹי those who go down to the pit 25
Isa 38:18
It is difficult to insist on a rigid distinction between goal and location. 26
24 Compare məqômî in Judg 11:19, where the sense is ‘the place I am going to.’
25
The same phrase is used often in Ezekiel 26 and 32; cf. the phrase ywrdy ˒I-˒bnybwr
in Isa 14:19.
26
In Job 3:10 the expression biṭnî ‘my belly’ refers to the womb in which the speaker
was gestating at the time he is describing, from which he eventually and to his regret
emerged.