An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

15. הֹמלֹ ְשׁ ִלּ ֶשׁ וֹתטָּ מִ
Solomon’s own carriage
Cant 3:7
Other prepositional suffixes serve the same role as substantive objects of
prepositions.
16. םיהלֹ ִ א ֱ םהֶ ָל ר ֶמאֹ יּ֫ וַ And God said to them…
Gen 1:28
e Since nouns in a construct chain constitute a unified idea, a pronominal suffix
attached to the last noun in a chain logically affects the whole construction.
17.
י ִשׁ דְ ק־ר ָ הַ my holy mountain
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20.
וֹפּסְ כ ַ י ֵלי ִל ֱ
Ps 2:6
א his silver idols
Isa 2:20
וֹתּ ְמ חַ ְל ִמ י ֵל ְכּ his weapons
וֹנימְ ִ
Deut 1:41
י־דַי his right hand
Judg 3:15
When a pronominal suffix refers to a noun in a chain that cannot be suffixed, other
constructions, such as apposition (## 21–22) or an accusative of specification (# 23),
are used to accommodate the desired modifications.
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23.
21. ת ֶנֹת֫ ְכּ־תא ֶ וֹתּ ְנתָּ ֻכּ
םיסִּ פַּ הַ
his robe, the richly ornamented robe
Gen 37:23
ףסֶ כֶּ ֫ ה ַ עי ַ בִ ְגּ י ִעיבִ ְגּ my cup, the silver cup
דב ַ וֹדּ ִ
Gen 44:2
מ his garment in linen
Lev 6:3
f Accusative suffixes are used as either direct (## 24–28) or “datival” objects (## 28–29;
10.2.1). In a double-accusative construction, one of the objects can be represented by
a suffix (# 27).
24. םיהלֹ ִ א ֱ םתֹא ָ ךְרֶ ָ֫בְ יוַ God blessed them.
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26.
ינוּ ִ ֑֫ב ָב ְ
י ִשׁ פְ ַנ וֹמא֫ ֵ ָל ְמ ִ
Gen 1:28
ס They surround me.
Ps 109:3
תּ I will gorge myself on them.
Exod I5:9