An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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15.
Deut 27:6
The accusatives may also be thing made + thing remade.
תוֹ ֑ג ֻע וֹתֹא וּשׂ ָעוְ They made it (manna) | into cakes.
16. לסֶ ֶ֫
ֵשׂ ֫ ֲעַיּ וַ
17.
Num 11:8
פּ וּה And he made it (the stolen silver) | into an image.
םינִ ָבאֲ ה־ת ָ אֶ
ה ֶנ ְבִ יּוַ חַ ֵבּז ְמִ
Judg 17:4
He built the stones | into an altar.
1 Kgs 18:32
This pair may involve abstract terms.
18. ׃הקָ דָ ְצ וֹלּ ָ ֶ֫ב ְשׁ חַיּ ְ וַ
ה He credited it (Abraham’s belief) to him as
righteousness.
Gen 15:6
Verbs of appointment govern as accusatives person appointed + rank.
19. וינָ ָבּ־תא ֶ ם ֶשׂ ֫
20.
21.
22.
׃ם ָע ןי ִצ ְק ינִ ֻמי ֫ ִשׂ ְ
ָיּוַ םיטִ ְפֹשׁ
He made his sons | judges.
1 Sam 8:1
ת אֹ ל Do not make me | the leader of the people.
Isa 3:7
םי ִשׁאר ָ םתֹא ָ ןתֵּ אֶ וָ
And I appointed them | heads.
Deut 1:15
Similarly, verbs of naming govern person named + name.
׃ו ָשׂ ֵע וֹמ ְשׁ וּארְ ְקִיּ וַ
And they called his name | Esau.
Gen 25:25
d Some verbs govern a double accusative of direct object + means, be it instrument
(## 23–25) or medium (# 26).
23.
וּדוּצָי ֫ וּהיחִ֫ א־ת ָ אֶ
שׁיאִ ׃םרֶ חֵ֫
24. ץרֶ א֫ ָ ה־ת ָ א ֶ יתי ִ ֫
ֵכּהִ וְ
׃םרֶ חֵ֫
Each hunts his brother | with a net.
Mic 7:2
I smite the earth | with a curse.