An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

םהֶ ָל אֹ ל land not their own (pl.).
Gen 15:13
c Attached to a noun or preposition the suffixes are in the genitive case, while attached
to a verb, תא, ֶ or ה ֵנּה ִ they are in the accusative function. We consider first the
genitive usage, then the more complex range of the accusative, and finally the
reflexive usages.
d The genitive suffixes serve the same range of purposes as other genitives (9.5),
although the adjectival purposes are rarely relevant. Subjective genitive suffixes are
found, of agency (# 5), authorship (# 6), and relation (# 7; 9.5.1).
5. וּנּ ֶמּ ֫ ִמ ם ֶכל ְ ָכא ֲ םוֹי בְּ֫
when you eat of it
6.
7.
Gen 3:5
יתי ִ רִ ְבּ my covenant
וֹתּ ְשׁ ִ
Gen 9:9
א his wife
Gen 2:25
Adverbial genitive suffixes may represent a direct (## 8–9) or a mediated object
(## 10–12; 9.5.2).
9.
10.
11.
8. י ִע ְצ ִפ ל ְ יתִּ ְגר֫ ַה
ָ שׁיאִ I have killed a man for wounding me.
יסִ ָמ ֲ
ךְר֑ ֵ ָכ ְשׂ־תא ֶ ןתֵּ א ֶ ינִ ֲ
וֹנּח ִ ןתִּ ֵ יּ ַ
12. הֶיהְ ת ִ אֹ ל י ִכּ ספֶ א֫
ֶ
ךָתְּ רְ אַ ְפתִּ Gen 4:23
ח the wrong I am suffering, the wrong done to me
Gen 16:5, Jer 51:35
א I will pay you (lit., I will give your hire).
Exod 2:9
ו He granted him favor (lit., He gave his favor).
Gen 39:21
But the honor will not be yours (lit., But it will not be
your honor).
Judg 4:9
The pronominal suffix varies with prepositional phrases in l, which also indicate
possession. Rarely, a noun is marked for possession with both a suffix and a
prepositional (# 13) or relative (## 14–15) phrase.
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י ִל יבְ ַ יֹא my enemies
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13.
14.
Ps 27:2
י ִלּ ֶשׁ ימִ רְ ַכּ my own vineyard
Cant 1:6