An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

15.
16.
17.
1 Kgs 2:9
The local extent of a verbal action can also stand as an accusative of place.
ה ָמּ א ַ הרֵ ְשׂ ֶע שׁמֵ חֲ
םִימּ ֑ ָ֫
ה ַ וּר ְבֽ גּ ָ ה ָל ְע ַמ ֫ לְ ִמ
וֹת ָמוֹק־אֹ ל ְמ לֹפִּ יּוַ ה ָצרְ א֫
ַ
ר ָבּד
ְמִּ
ַבּ ךְ ַלה־אוּה ָ וְ
םוֹי ךְרֶ דֶּ֫
And the waters rose to a depth of fifteen cubits.
Gen 7:20
He fell full length on the ground.
1 Sam 28:20
He went into the desert a day’s journey.
1 Kgs 19:4
c The accusative of time specifies a time. It may refer to the time at which an action
takes place.
18.
19.
דחָ א־םוֹי ֶ ה ֶפסָּ אֶ
התָּ ַע
לוּא֑ ָשׁ־דַיבְּ Now, one day I will perish at Saul’s hands.
1 Sam 27:1
ת ֵמ התָּ אַ ה ָנ ָשּׁ הַ
This year you are going to die.
20. םִי ר֫ ַהֳ
ָצו ְ רקֶ ֹב֫ ו ָ ברֶ ֫
21.
ֶע
החי ָ ִשׂ ֫ אָ
Jer 28:16
Evening, morning, and noon I cry out in distress.
Ps 55:18
It may also refer to the duration of an action.
ימְ ֵ י־ל ָכּ ל ַכאֹ תּ ר ָפ ָעוְ ׃ךָיֶיּ֫ חַ
22. דֹב ֲעתּ ַ םימָ ִ ֫
23.
You will eat dust all the days of your life.
Gen 3:14
י ת ֶשׁ ֵשׁ During six days you shall labor.
Exod 20:9
וּב ְשֽׁ י ֵ םיבִּ רַ םימָ ִ י They will live many days.
Hos 3:4
d The accusative of state specifies a feature of the verb’s subject or object at the
time of the verbal action or in relation to that action. Such an accusative, be it