An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

׃םקי ָ ר ֵ םידִ גוֹבּ ְ ה ַ וּשֹׁבֵ ֫
5. ימִּ ִמ י ִע ְשִׁי ו ְ ירוֹא ִ הוהי
ארי ֑ ָ אִ
י they will (must) be put to shame who are vainly
treacherous.
Ps 25:3
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall
(should) I fear?
Ps 27:1
b These examples and many more suggest that the prefix conjugation may represent a
future situation as dependent or contingent on some other expressed or unexpressed
situation. With reference to the time of speaking, the situation may be future or past.
If the action is in the future, the sense is of a specific future.
6. . . ךְ֑ ל־וּא ָ ָב וּצ ְבּ ְק נ ִ ם ָלּ ֻכּ
י ִשׁ ָ֫בּ לְ ת ִ ידִ ֲע ָכּ םלָּ ֻכ י ִכּ .
7. וּטוֹמִּ ֫ י וּכלּ֑ ָ֫
הַ תִי ְ ה ָכ ֵשׁ חֲ ַבּ
׃ץרֶ א ָ֫
ידֵ סוֹמ־ל ְ ָכּ
8. ךְ ֑יֵדְ ֶע בוֹטּבּ ַ עַיבִּ֫ ְשׂ מַּ הַ
ר ֶשׁ נֶּ֫ ַכּ שׁדֵּ חַ תְ תִּ
׃י ִכְי רוּע ֑ ָ נ ְ
All of them (your sons) gather and come to you…you
will wear them all as ornaments.
Isa 49:18
They walk about in darkness (so that) the foundation of
the earth shakes (will shake).
Ps 82:5
He who satisfies your desires with good things, (so that)
your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Ps 103:5
This use can be fittingly associated with the suffix conjugation used for future
events.
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9. הוהי ר ַמ א־הֹכּ ָ ן ֵכלָ םִי ַל֫ ָשׁוּרי ִל יתִּ ְב ַשׁ ֫
ה ֶנ ָ֫בִּ י יתי ִ בּ ֵ םימִ חֲ רַ ְבּ
הּ ָבּ
Therefore, this is what YHWH says, “I will return to
Jerusalem with mercy, and in it my house will be built.”
Zech 1:16
A negated form can be used with a corresponding sense.
10. אֹ ל יתִּ חְ ט֫ ַ בּ ָ הוהיבוּ ַ
׃ד ָע ְמ א ֶ
pl. plural
In YHWH I trusted (pl.) (so that) I will (do) not waver.
Ps 26:1
׃רסָ חְ א ֶ אֹ ל י ִעֹר הוהי YHWH is my shepherd, I will (do) not lack (anything).
Ps 23:1