An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

1.
2. ןִיקַ֫ ְל רחַ ִיּ֫ ו ַ ה֑ עָ ָשׁ אֹ ל
דֹא ְמ
3. רחַ אֵ ו ָ יתִּ רְ ַגּ ֫ ן ָבל־ם ָ ִע
׃התָּ ַע־ד ֫ ַע
4. דֹא ְמ וּר ְב ָגּ םִימּ ַ֫
הַ וְ
וּסּכְי ֻ ו ַ ץרֶ א֑ ָ֫
ה־ל ָ ַע דֹא ְמ
םיהֹב ִ ְגּה ַ םירִ הָ ה־ל ֶ ָכּ
5. ףֹרטִיּ ְ ו ַ וימָ חֲ ר ַ תחֵ ִשׁ וְ
וֹפּא ַ ד ַע ָל
6. ה ָנוֹיּה ַ האָ ְצ ָמ־אֹ לוְ וי ָלא ֵ ב ָשׁ תָּ ֫ וַ
. . . חוֹנ ַ ָמ
7. ה֑ נֶ ֲע ַמ וּא ְצ ָמ־אֹ ל
׃בוֹיּא־ת ִ א ֶ וּעי ִשׁ ֫ רַיּ ְ וַ
8. לוֹק ם ָע ע ַמ ָשׁ ֫ הֲ
׃יחִ ֶיּ֫ וַ
. . . םיהלֹ ִ אֱ
9. ב ָצּ ִנ ינֹד ָ א־ת ֲ ֶ
א יתי ִ א֫ ִ רָ
ר ֶמאֹ יּו ַ חַ ֵבּ זְ מִּ ה־ל ַ ַע
Gen 3:13
He (God) did not respect (his offering), and Cain
became very angry.
Gen 4:5
I have been staying with Laban and have remained
until now.
Gen 32:5
The waters rose exceedingly greatly on the earth and
covered all the high mountains.
Gen 7:19
He destroyed all his fellow feeling and his anger
raged continually.
Amos 1:11
But the dove did not find a resting place…and so
returned to him.
Gen 8:9
They did not find an answer and yet they condemned
Job.
Job 32:3
Has a people ever heard the voice of God…and
lived?
Deut 4:33
I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said…
Amos 9:1
b If the time reference is present, wayyqtl may take on the range of meanings
associated with the perfective conjugation with the same time reference (30.5.1).
These include notably persistent present (# 10–11) and gnomic (## 12–14)
perfectives, as well as present statives (## 15–16). These usages may be found
together, for example, persistent fientives with present qtl statives (## 16–17).
10. יבּ ֑ ִ תָּ ְכ ַמ ֫ תּ ָ ימִּ תֻ ְבּ ינִ אֲ
וַ
In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your
ךָינֶ֫ ָפל ְ ינִ ֵ֫בי ִצּתַּ וַ
presence forever.
11.
׃םלוֹע ָ ְל
׃ףֹעָיּו ַ ט ַשׁ פּ ָ ק ֶל֫
Ps 41:13
ֶי [Like] locusts they have stripped (the land) and flown