An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

23. החָ ְק ָל לחֵ רָ וְ
ם ֵמ ִשׂ תְּ ו ַ םיפִ רָ תְּ ה־ת ַ אֶ
ב ֶשׁ תֵּ ֫ ו ַ ל ָמ ָגּה ַ ר ַכבְּ םהי ֑ ֶ ֵל ֲע
Job 30:11 Qere
Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in
the camel’s saddle, and sat upon them.
Gen 31:34
ו . . . וֹדגְ ִבּ בזַ ָע He had left his garment…and had fled.
24. סנָ ָיּ֫ ַ
־י ִכּ
25.
׃דֹמ ֲעתּ ַ ו ַ ץרֶ א ֶ֫
תָּ ְנ ֫
26. םינִ ָבא ֲ הרֵ ְשׂ ֶע םיתֵּ ְשׁוּ
וּיהְ ִיּ֫ וַ
. . . עַ ֻשׁוֹהְי םי ִק הֵ
׃הזֶּ ה ַ םוֹיּה
ַ ד ַע ם ָשׁ
27. ׃שׁיא ִ וּנּ ֶמּ ֫ ִמ דקַ ְפ ִנ־אֹ לוְ הוהי ן ַבּר ְק־ת
ָ א ֶ ברֵ ְק נַּ וַ
Gen 39:1–3
ַנוֹכּ You established the earth and it stands.
Ps 119:90
Joshua set up twelve stones…, and they are there until
this day.
Josh 4:9
Not one of them is missing, so we have brought an
offering to YHWH.
Num 31:49–50
[Page 557] d Whereas a suffix-conjugation form can represent an objective future
situation as a single, accidental event, a following wayyqtl represents the situation
according to the uses of relative waw, but nevertheless as a single, perfective whole
(## 28–32).
28. . . . וּנ ָל־ד ֫ ַלֻּי ד ֶל֫ ֶי־י ִכּ
הרָ ְשׂ מִּ ה ַ יהִ תְּ וַ
וֹמ ְשׁ ארָ ְקִיּ ו ַ וֹ ֑מ ְכ ִשׁ־ל ַע
For to us a child will be born…and the government will
be on his shoulders. And he will be called…
Isa 9:5
In this case the first relative waw signifies a (con)sequential event and the second,
with a verb of speaking, an explanatory one. Often, chronological succession is in
view.
29.
30. יע֑ ִ ְשׁ פּ ִ רוֹר ְצ ִבּ םתֻ חָ
׃ינוֹ ִ ֲע־ל ַע לֹפּטְ תִּ וַ
31. וּוּחֲ תַּ ְשִׁיּ ו ַ וּל ְכאָ ץרֶ א־י ֶ֫
נֵ ְשׁ דּ־ל ִ ָכּ
32.
וּרֹב֫ ֲעַיּ ו ַ וּצרְ ָפּ They will break through and go out.
וּשֹׁבֵ ֫ יּו ַ וּמ ָ֫
Mic 2:1–3
My offense will be sealed up in a bag, and (so) you
will cover over my sin.
Job 14:17
All the wealthy of the earth will eat and worship.
Ps 22:30
ק (When) they attack, they will be put to shame.