An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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12.
Hag 2:17
ֶ ֫ ַ
c With verbless clauses תא can be used to mark the subject (# 13) or the predicate
(# 15) or both (# 17), or a noun in apposition to them (## 14, 16).
13. ןוֹ ֲע־תא וּנ ָל־ט ַע ְמ ה Is the crime of Peor (SUBJECT) a little thing to
רוֹע ְפּ us?
14.
15.
16.
17.
וּל ְכאֹ ת־אֹ ל ר ֶשׁ אֲ
הזֶ וְ
ברֹע־ל ֵ ָכּ תאֵ ... םה֑ ֶ ֵמ
׃וֹנימִ לְ
וּנתְּ תּ ִ ר ֶשׁ אֲ
םירִ ָעה־ל ֶ ָכּ
ה ֶנֹמ ְשׁוּ םי ִע ָבּר ְא
ַ םִ יּוִ ְל ַל
ןהֶ תְ א ֶ ריע֑ ִ
׃ןהי ֶ ֵשׁ רְ ְג ִמ־תאֶ וְ
ר ֶשׁ א ֲ םינִ ָפּהַ ה ָמּ הֵ
ר ָב ְכּ־רהַ ְנ־ל ַע יתי ִ א֫ ִ רָ
םתוֹא ֑ ָ ו ְ םהי ֶ אֵ רְ ַמ
ר ֶשׁ א ֲ םירִ ָעהֶ ֽ תאֵ וְ
תא ֵ םִ יּוִ ְל ַל וּנתְּ תִּ
ט ָל ְק ִמּ ה ַ ירֵ ָע־שׁ ֵשׁ
Josh 22:17
But these are those [birds] you may not eat
of…any kind of raven (SUBJECT APPOSITION).
Deut 14:12, 14
All the cities you give to the Levites shall be fortyeight
cities, them and their pasturelands
(PREDICATE).
Num 35:7
They were the faces which I had seen near the
river Chebar, their appearances and they
themselves (PREDICATE APPOSITION).
Ezek 10:22
The towns (SUBJECT) you give the Levites will
be the six cities of refuge (PREDICATE).
Num 35:6
ֶ ָ֫
ָ ֶ
ֶ ָ ַ ֲ
d The two remaining uses of תא are rare. It may be used to mark a nominative
absolute (sentential topic or focus marker; see 4.7, 8.3).
18. ץראה־ל ָכּ־תא As for all the land which you see, I will give it to
ךָ ְל האֹר התּא־ר ֶשׁ א you.
19.
ה ָנּנ֑ ֶ֫תְּ
אֶ
וֹמּא ִ ה ָכ ֲע ַמ־תאֶ ם ַגוְ הרי ָ בִ ְגּ ִמ הָ ר֫ ֶסְי
ִ וַ
Gen 13:15
And as for his mother Maacah, he even deposed
her as queen mother.
1 Kgs 15:13