An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

10.
9. ת ֶשׁלֹ ְשׁ ִל הוהי ארָ ק־י ָ ִכּ
ה ֶלּא֫ ֵ ה ָ םי ִכל ָ ְמּ ה ַ
׃ז ָלּה ַ תימִּ ַנוּשּׁה ַ ה ֵנּ ִ
Has YHWH called us three kings together…?
2 Kgs 3:10
ה There is our Shunammite.
2 Kgs 4:25
This may be weakened from truly deictic to characterizing.
11. וישׁ֑ ָ רֹדּ ְ רוֹדּ הז ֶ Such is the generation of those who seek him.
Ps 24:6 Qere
d Similar to the simple deictic role is the paired use of הז . . . הז cited earlier
(17.3c).
12. הז־ל ֶ א ֶ הז ֶ ארָ קָ ו ְ The one was calling to the other.
13. הזֶ ו ְ הֹכבּ ְ הז ֶ ר ֶמאֹ יּ֫ וַ
׃הֹכבּ ְ ר ֵמֹא
Isa 6:3
One suggested this and another that.
1 Kgs 22:20
e In the flow of discourse הז may have a deictic relative force (17.3d), referring to
nouns either preceding (anaphora; ## 14–15) or following (cataphora; ## 16–18). 17
֑ ָ ַ ָ ָ ְ
ִ ַ
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14.
תיר ְבּה־תוֹא תאֹ ז . . the sign of the covenant.
Gen 9:16–17
15. ה ָנאֹ בת ָ י ִכּ הָיהָ וְ
ה ֶלּא֫ ֵ ה ָ תוֹתֹאהָ 16. ת ֶשׁ לֹ֫ ְשׁ וֹ ֑נֹרתְ ִפּ הזֶ םיגִ רִ
ָשּׂ הַ
17. ר ֶשׁ א ֲ ר ָבדּ ָ ה ַ הז ֶ התָּ ַעוְ ה ֶל ֲענ ַ ה֑ עָ ְב ִגּ ַל ה ֶשׂ ֲענ ַ
18. ןֹרהֲ א ַ תֹד ְלוֹתּ ה ֶלּא֫ ֵ ְ
once these signs are fulfilled
1 Sam 10:7 Qere; cf. vv 5–6
This is its interpretation: The three branches are…
Gen 40:12
But now this is what we’ll do to Gibeah: we’ll go
up…
Judg 20:9 LXX
ו And these are the generations of Aaron and
16 As Joüon observes, modern usage allows a demonstrative sense for the first-person
pronoun in phrases such as ‘a leader for our time/the times,’ ‘the poetry for our
children to study’; §143e / p. 444.
17 Classical Greek can in certain circumstances distinguish anaphora and cataphora,
with houtos referring backward and hode referring forward, although houtos often has
both roles.
LXX Septaugint