An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

unassimilated (## 1a, 2a, 3a) or assimilated (# 1b, n + n > nn; # 2b, n + k > kk; ## 3b–
4, n + h > nn). 66
ִ ְ
ִ ֑ ַ֫
ְ
unassimilated assimilated
1a. ינ ְנדָ֫ בּ ַכְי Ps 50:23 1b. ינּת ֲע ַבתּ Job 7:14
ְ ֑֫ ֶ ְ ֶ
֑ ֶ
֑ ֶ ָ
֫
֫ ֶ
֑ ֶ֫
ַ
֫ ִ ֲ
֑֫ ֶ ְ ִ
֑ ֶ֫
֑ ֶ ַ ְ
֑ ֶ֫
2a. ָךּנק תּא 67
Jer 22:24 2b. ךָטַּי ָךּאנ ְשִׂי
ה ָכּ ֶכַּי
3a. וּה ְנ ֶ֫ב ְבֹסְי Deut 32:10 3b.
וּנּר ְמ ְשִׂי
וּה ְנכר ָבְ י Ps 72:15
וּנּ ֶצירא וּנּר ְכּזתּ וּנּב ְבוֹסְי
4. ה ָנּשׂ ֲענ ו
ה ָנּא ָשִּׂי
Job 36:18
Prov 9:8
Isa 10:24
Exod 21:29
Jer 49:19
Ps 8:5
Ps 32:10
Deut 30:12
Prov 18:14
b The energic forms are found with past- (# 5) and present-time reference (# 6) and in
expressions of wishes, positive (# 7) and negative (# 8). The variety of uses leads
many to contend that no special sense attaches to the non-perfective energic forms. 68
5.
׃וֹני ֵע ןוֹשׁיאִ ְכּ וּה ְנר֫ ֶ ְצִּי 69
He guarded it (Israel) like the apple of his eye.
6. התָּ ַע אֹ לו ְ וּנּא֫ ֶ רְ אֶ
בוֹר֑ ק ָ אֹ לו ְ וּנּרוּשׁ ֫ ֶ אֲ
7.
8.
Deut 32:10
I see him but not yet, I spy him but not nearby.
Num 24:17
׃וּה ְנ ֶכ֫ רֲ ָבְ י םוֹיּה־ל ַ ָכּ May he bless him all day.
׃ינִּ תַ ֫ ֲע ַבתּ־ל ְ א ַ וֹת ָמ אֵ ְ
Ps 72:15
ו O that his terror did not frighten me!
Job 9:34
[Page 519] 32 Waw + Suffix Conjugation
32.1 Form and Meaning
1.1 Diversity
1.2 Comparative Evidence 5.
1.3 Meaning
32.2 Relative Waw + Suffix Conjugation
2.1 After Prefix-Conjugation Forms
2.2 After Volitional Forms
66
The unassimilated third feminine form is not attested; the unassimilated forms are
rare in general; cf. n. 67.
67
This unassimilated second-person form is unique; see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah
(Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986),1. 606, for a possible explanation.
68
GKC §58l / p. 158 refers to emphasis; cf. Williams, “Energic Verbal Forms,” 84–
85; and LHS 146, 148.
69
See Rainey, “Ancient Prefix Conjugation,” 16.