An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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ה֑ זֶּהַ Deut 2:7
רי ִעה־ת ָ א ֶ וּא ְצֽ יָ םהֵ They having left the city…
תא ֵ ל ֵכאֽ ָ יֵ
תוֹצּ ַמ
םימָ ֑ ִ יּה ַ ת ַע ְב ִשׁ
הוהי ינֵ ְפל ִ ל ַפּ ַנתְ אֶ וָ
םוֹיּה ַ םי ִע ָבּר ְא
ַ תאֵ ר ַשׂ ְבּ תאֵ םתֶּ ְל ַמ ְנוּ
ם֑ כֶ תְ לַ רְ ָע
ב ַכּ ְשׁ מ ִ תא ֵ ב ֵכֹשׁ אוּהוְ ׃םִי ר֫ ָהֳ
ָצּהַ ֽ
[Page 182] 10.3.2 Elsewhere
Gen 44:4
Unleavened bread must be eaten for seven days.
Exod 13:7
I lay prostrate before YHWH forty days.
Deut 9:25
You will circumcise yourselves with regard to the
flesh of your foreskin.
Gen 17:11
And he was lying down for the midday rest.
2 Sam 4:5
׃וי ָלגְ ר־ת ַ אֶ ה ָלחָ He became sick in his feet.
1 Kgs 15:23
a The particle תא is prefixed to nouns in the nominative function in both verbal
and verbless clauses, usually in cases involving enumerations or appositions
(12.1). It is also rarely used in a few other constructions.
֫ ָ ֶ ְ
֑ ֶ֫
ָ
b In verbal clauses תא can mark the subject of transitive (# 1) and intransitive
active (## 2–5) verbs and passive verbs (## 6–8). The use with transitives is
extremely rare; the other two usages are more common.
1. אֹ ל ... וּני ֵכל ְמ־תאו Our kings…did not follow (TRANSITIVE) your
ךָתרוֹת וּשׂ ָע laws.
2.
בוֹדּה־ת ַ אֶ ו ְ ירִ אֲ הָ
א ָבוּ
ה ֶשׂ א ָשׂ נָ וְ
Neh 9:34
When a lion came (INTRANSITIVE) or a bear and
carried off a sheep…
1 Sam 17:34