An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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בוֹטּה ַ ןיֵי the best wine
Cant 7:10
לבֹנ ֵ ת ַצי ִצ 20
withered flower
Isa 28:4
לוֹדגּ ָ תיבּ־ל ֵ ָכּ every great house
2 Kgs 25:9
ןט֑ ָ קָּ ה ַ י ֵל ְכּ לֹכּ all the smallest vessels
םירִ ָמּ ה ַ י ֵ
Isa 22:24
מ the bitter water
Num 5:18
םיזִּ ַע ןוֹא ְגּ a ferocious beast (lit., the pride of the strong ones)
Ezek 7:24
c Adjectives occur in other noun-noun constructions. An adjective used as a
substantive in apposition stands before its appositive and can thus be distinguished
from an attributive adjective.
12. תוֹת ָנ ֲע הָיּ ִ
13. ת ַלוּת ְבּ הקָ ָשּׁ ֻע ְמ הַ
ןוֹדי ִצ־ת ַבּ
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נ ֲע O poor one, Anathoth
Isa 10:30
O crushed one, Virgin Daughter Sidon
Isa 23:12
ידִּ בְ ַע קידִּ ַצ a righteous man, my servant
Isa 53:11
םי֑ נִקֵ זְּ ה ַ שׁיא ִ םי ִע ְב ִשׁ the seventy elders
Num 11:25
An adjective may serve as an accusative of specification (10.2.2e).
16. ה ָל ֵשׁ ְבּ עֹר ַ זְּ הַ the shoulder when it is boiled
Num 6:19
שׁר֑ ָ ְג ִנ םָ יּ ַכּ as the sea in raging
Isa 57:20
אמ֑ ֵ ט ָ ם ָמ חְ ַל their bread in uncleanness
Ezek 4:13
םי֑ נוּפ ִ ס ְ ם ֶכיתֵּ ָב ְבּ in your houses with paneling
Hag 1:4
20 The use of a feminine construct with a masculine adjective is strange.