An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

intransitive, for example, א ֵל ָמ can mean ‘to fill (transitive)’ in the Qal as well as
‘to be full (intransitive)’ in both the Qal and Niphal.
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׃וּא ֵל֫ ָמ םימִ דָּ ם ֶכידְי ֵ Your hands are full of blood.
Isa 1:15
׃םתֹא ָ ץרֶ א֫ ָ הָ א ֵל ָמּ תִּ וַ
And the earth was full of them.
םי ִשּׁ מִ ח ֲ ןוּרסְ חַי ְ י ַלוּא
ה ָשּׁ מִ ח ֲ ם ִקידִּ ַצּהַ רֹאְי הַ
ץרַ ָשׁ וְ
םי ִעדְּ רְ ַפ ְצ
Exod 1:7
Perhaps the fifty righteous are lacking five.
Gen 18:28
The Nile will teem with frogs.
Exod 7:28
48. תוֹלֹע יתִּ ְע ַ֫ב ָשׂ I have more than enough ˓ōlôt.
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Isa 1:11
Verbs of wearing, donning, or doffing clothes can take a complement.
ןאֹ צּה ַ םירִ ָכ וּשׁ ְבל ָ The meadows are covered with flocks.
Ps 65:14
ךָידֶ֫ גָ ְבּ שׁ ַבל ְ Put on your robes.
1 Kgs 22:30
׃לִיח ָ֫ וּרזְ א֫ ָ םי ִל ָשׁ ְכ ִנוְ Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
1 Sam 2:4
ליע֑ ִ ְמ הטֹע ֶ אוּהוְ And he is wearing a robe.
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1 Sam 28:14
נ ִק לי ִע ְמ ַכּ ט ַע ַיּוַ And he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
Isa 59:17
וידָ גָ ְבּ אוּה־ם ַגּ ט ַשׁ פִ ְ יּוַ And he, too, stripped off his robes.
55. יתִּ ְנ ָ ־תא ֶ יתִּ טְ
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1 Sam 19:24
תּ ֻכּ ַשׁ פָּ
I have stripped off my robe.
Cant 5:3