An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

28.
29.
27. קחָ ְצִי ְל י ִ לִ
נ ְב to my son, to Isaac (to my son Isaac)
Gen 24:4
בֹק ֲעַי ְל ךָדְּ בְ ַע ְל to your servant, to Jacob
לבֶ ה־ת ֑֫ ָ א ֶ ויחִ א־ת ָ ֶ
30. תאֹ זּה ַ רי ִעה־ת ָ אֶ
וֹחרְי־ת ִ אֶ
32.
Gen 32:19
א his brother, Abel
Gen 4:2
this city, Jericho
Josh 6:26
If the name is the leadword, the particle is generally not repeated. 13
31. ויח֑ ִ א ָ לבֶ ה־ל ֶ֫
אֶ to Abel, his brother
33. תירִ ְצ ִמּ ה ַ ר ָגה־ת ָ אֶ
הּתָ חָ ְפ ִשׁ
34.
Gen 4:8
׃ךָיחִ֫ א ָ רוֹח ָנ ְל to Nahor, your brother
ןהֹכּ ֵ ה ַ הָיּ רוּא ִ ת ֵ
Gen 22:20
Hagar, the Egyptian, her handmaid
Gen 16:3
א Uriah the priest
Isa 8:2
12.4 Pronoun-Noun Appositional Phrases
a A pronoun may be followed by a noun in apposition. 14 In the case of an independent
subject pronoun after a finite verb, it is usual to speak of an emphatic, rather
than[Page 233] appositional, use; in # 1 the emphatic subject pronoun has its own
following apposition, as increasing specificity balances narrative delay (cf. Gen 22:2).
1. ימֵּ טֻ רְ ח ַ םה־ם ֵ ַג וּשׂ ֲעַיּ וַ
׃ן ֵכּ םהי ֶ טֵ הֲ ַלבּ ְ םִי ר֫ ַ ְצ ִמ
The Egyptian magicians, they too performed (miracles)
by their magical arts.
Exod 7:11
More often the apposition to an independent pronoun amplifies the subject of the
verb (# 2); here, the singular imperative verbs are extended to apply to a larger
group—note that התא, implicit in the imperatives, must be specified before it is
amplified.
2. ןדֵּ רַיּ ְ ה־ת ַ א ֶ רֹב ֲע םוּק
ם ָעה־ל ָ ָכו ְ התָּ א ַ הזֶּ הַ
Cross over this Jordan, you and all the people.
13 On preposition override, see 11.4.2.
14 Carl Brockelmann argues that pronouns can occur in apposition to nouns. In fact,
only one of his examples is compellingly so understood: s̆tym- ˒nḥnw ‘the two (of) us’
(1 Kgs 3:18); see Hebräische Syntax (Neukirchen: Neukirchener Verlag, 1956) 63.