An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

27.
לסֶ פ ֶ֫
וּה ֵשׂ ֫ ֲעַיּ ַ
28. . . . ךָתֹא ְ יתִ רֵ ְפהִ וְ
ךָיתִּ ֫ תַ ְנוּ
29.
ו He made it into an image.
Judg 17:4
And I will make you fruitful…and I am going to give
you…
Gen 17:6
ינִ תֻּ ֫ ְמ ַצ Did you fast for me?
֑ ַ ֱ ֶ ְ
ָ ָ ָ ְ ַ
Zech 7:5
The neutrum or vague referent can be marked with an object pronominal suffix,
usually feminine. The action or state is ordinarily described in the preceding clause(s).
30. הוהיבּ ן ִמ אהו Now he trusted YHWH and he counted it to him as
׃הקד ְצ וֹלּ ה ֶ֫ב ְשׁ חַיּו righteousness.
31.
32.
Gen 15:6
עדַ א ֵ הּ ָבּ By this I will know.
Gen 24:14
׃הּתי ָ רִ חֲ א ַ תְּ רְ ַכ֫ ז ָ אֹ ל You did not reflect on what might happen.
33. ׃ה ָנ ַלּ֫ ֻכ וּי ָ ָע
Isa 47:7
ה י ַל Everything is against me.
Gen 42:36
g In many languages there is a separate series of reflexive pronouns, for example, the
English ‘-self’ or French ‘-même’ forms. Hebrew has no such series; rather, with a
preposition (or תא) a suffix may be used with a reflexive force. In some contexts it
has an additional emphatic nuance, but this meaning is recognized more by logic than
by formal indicators.
34. ברֶ ח ֶ֫ דוּהא ֵ וֹל שׂ ַע ַיּ֫ וַ And Ehud made for himself a sword.
35. וי ָלא ֵ הּתֹא ָ א ֵבָ יּוַ ׃ה ָבתֵּ ה־ל ַ אֶ
36.
Judg 3:16
And he brought it (the dove) to himself in the ark.
Gen 8:9
׃ה ָער ָ םהֶ ָל וּל ְמ ָג־י ִכּ For they have brought evil upon themselves.
37. םהֶ ָל וּשׁ ְשׁקו ְ וּכלֵי ְ םהֵ ׃ן ֶבתֶּ ֫
38. ירֵ טֹשׁ ְ וּארִיּ ְ וַ
ערָ ְבּ םתֹא ָ לאֵ רָ ְשִׂי־ינֵ ְב
Isa 3:9
They must go and gather straw for themselves.
Exod 5:7
The Israelite foremen saw themselves in trouble.
Exod 5:19
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