An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

תַ יּח־ל ַ ָכּ ה ָמ דָ אֲ ה־ן ָ ִמ
הדֶ ָשּׂ ה ַ
9. ימ־ר ִ ַבדּ ְ . . . וּעדָי ְ וְ
׃םהֶ ֵמוּ ינִּ ֶמּ ֫ ִמ םוּקָי
10. תָּ לְ ַלּ֫ חִ
. . . ךָינוֹ ֶ֫
ֲע בֹר ֵמ
ךָישׁ֑ ֶ֫
דָּ ְק ִמ
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
ground.
Gen 2:19
They will know…whose word shall stand, mine or
theirs.
Jer 44:28
Because of (or, By) the multitude of your
iniquities…you have profaned your shrines.
Ezek 28:18
ךְ ֶל ֶמּ ֫ הַ ֵמ התְי ָ ה ָ אֹ ל י ִכּ It was not (because of) the king’s will…
ר ָשׂ ָבּ־ל ָכּ תרֵ ָכִּי־אֹ
לוְ לוּ ֑בּ ַמּ ה ַ ימֵּ ִמ דוֹע
הּ ָשׁיאִ ֵמ ה ָשׁוּר ְגּ השּׁאִ ְ
2 Sam 3:37
All flesh shall not again be cut off by the flood waters.
Gen 9:11
ו a woman driven out by her husband
Lev 21:7
ארי ֑ ָ א ִ ימִּ ִמ Of whom am I afraid?
׃וי ָלא ֵ ת ֶשׁ גֶּ֫ ִמ וּאריִיּ ְ ַ
Ps 27:1
ו They were afraid of drawing near to him. 98
Exod 34:30
e The preposition has three further uses. (1) It is a partitive marker: the phrase with mn
refers to part of the noun (or noun equivalent) after the preposition. The
partition[Page 214] may be simple (‘some of’; ## 16–17) or comparative/superlative
(‘the better/best of,’ # 18; ‘the worse/worst of,’ etc.). In negative clauses the mn
phrase refers to none of or not one of the prepositional object (## 19–20); such a
negative sense can be found in oaths and other rhetorically charged speech (# 21).
16.
טֹק֑ ְל ִל ם ָעה־ן ָ ִמ וּא ְצָי Some of the people went out to gather (it).
17. תאטָּ חַ ה ַ םדַּ מ ִ הזָּ הִ וְ
חַ ֵבּז ְמִּ
ה ַ רי ִק־ל ַע
18. ינֵ ְבּ ִמ ר ָשָׁיּ הַ ו ְ בוֹטּהַ ם ֶכינֹד ֵ אֲ
19.
ר ָשׂ ָבּה־ן ַ ִמ ןי ִלָי־אֹ ל ְ
Exod 16:27
He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin-offering
on the side of the altar.
Lev 5:9
the best and brightest of your lord’s children
2 Kgs 10:3
ו None of the flesh shall remain overnight.
98 Infinitives construct can also be used after mn to designate temporal or causal
relations, as well as in comparative constructions; see 36.2.2b.