An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

Ps 81:6
g Also associated with ˓l are certain relations more frequently marked by l; ˓l can mark
a topic (often with verbs of speaking; ‘about, concerning’; ## 24–25) or a
circumstance (‘regarding, in connection with’; # 26). In late Biblical Hebrew ˓l
sometimes governs an indirect object of the sort that would be governed by l earlier (#
27). 113
25.
26.
27.
24.
ךָי ֶל֫ ָע יתִּ ְע ַמ ֫ ָשׁ ינִ אֲ ַ
םוֹלחֲ ה ַ תוֹנ ָשּׁ ה ִ ל ַע ְ
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בר־ל ִ ַע ה ֶנ ֲעת־אֹ ַ ל ְ
בוֹט ם ֶכי ֵל ֲע־ם ִ
ו I have heard it said of you…
Gen 41:15
ו Now, about the repeating of the dream…
Gen 41:32
ו Do not answer in connection with a lawsuit.
Exod 23:2
א If it seems good to you…
1 Chr 13:2
a This preposition has the base ˓imm-, seen in suffixed forms, for example, וּנ ָמּ ֫ ִע ; the
form ידִ מָּ ִע (1 c.sg.) is of uncertain origin. It expresses a variety of comitative
relations (‘with’).
b The most common sense involves accompaniment (fellowship and companionship,
person + person; ‘with’; ## 1–3) or addition (‘with, along with, and’; # 4); ˓m often
marks a personal complement after verbs (‘with, to,’ ## 5–7; adversative, ‘against,’ #
8). The locus of psychological interest can be marked with ˓m (‘with, in’; ## 9–10).
1. אוּה . . . וּל ְכאֹ יּוַ וֹמּ ִע־ר ֶשׁ א ֲ םי ִשׁ נָ אֲ הָ וְ
2. ה ָמ אָ ה־ן ָ ֶבּ שׁריִי ַ אֹ ל י ִכּ
ינִ ְבּ־ם ִע תאֹ זּהַ ׃קחָ ְצִי־ם ִע
3. ה ָשׂ ָע םיהלֹ ִ א־ם ֱ ִע־י ִכּ
ה֑ זֶּהַ םוֹיּהַ They ate…, he and the men with him. 114
Gen 24:54
That slave woman’s son will never share in the
inheritance with my son, with Isaac.
Gen 21:10
He succeeded with (the help of) God this day.
1 Sam 14:45
4. ם ָמירִ חֱ ה ֶ םהי ֶ רֵ ָע־ם ִע And Joshua annihilated them along with their cities.
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Cf. Ezra 7:28. For ṭwb ˓l see also Esth 1:19; the relationship of the three similar
syntagms ṭwb + direct object, ṭwb + l, and ṭwb + b˓yny is complex.
c. common
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Cf. Gen 13:1.