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An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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ץרֶ א֫ ָ ה ָ<br />

7. לִיח ֑֫ ָ ינִ ר֫ ֵזְּ<br />

אַ ְמ ה ַ לאֵ הָ<br />

׃י ִכּרְ דּ ַ םימִ תּ ָ ןתִּ ֵ יּו ַ<br />

8.<br />

Num 22:1–1<br />

The God who arms with strength and so makes my way<br />

perfect.<br />

Ps 18:33<br />

וּה ֵשׁ ֫ ְבַּ יּו ַ םָ יּבּ ַ ר ֵעוֹגּ He who rebukes the sea and so dries it up.<br />

Nah 1:4<br />

c After a participle used as a predicate in present time, subordinate wayyqtl may have<br />

a stative present sense (# 9) or a persistent perfective sense (## 10–12). 22<br />

֫ ַ ִ<br />

ֵ ַ ְ ַ<br />

[Page ה ֶכֹבּ ךְ ֶל ֶמּ ה ה ֵנּה The king is weeping and mourns.<br />

562]<br />

9.<br />

לבּאתִ יּו<br />

10. . . . םיאִ ָבּ םירִ ְצֹנ<br />

׃םלוֹק ָ . . . וּנתִּ ְ יּוַ 11. ׃רקָ ָשּׁ ֫ ה ֶשׂ ֹע ֫ וֹלּ ֻכּ<br />

ר ֶב ֶשׁ־ת ֫ א ֶ וּא ְפּרְי ַ וַ<br />

ימִּ ַע<br />

12. . . הוהי־ךְאַ ְל ַמ ה ֶנֹח<br />

׃ם ֵצ ְלּחְי ַ וַ<br />

.<br />

2 Sam 19:2<br />

Blockaders are coming…raising…their voice.<br />

Jer 4:16<br />

All practice deceit and so dress the wound of my<br />

people.<br />

Jer 6:13–14<br />

The angel of YHWH encamps…and so delivers them.<br />

Ps 34:8<br />

d After an infinitive representing a situation in the past, wayyqtl tends <strong>to</strong> represent a<br />

definite perfective situation in past time.<br />

13. וי ָל ָע ו ָצְי ו ַ וֹתֹא וֹכרַ בֽ ָ ְבּ<br />

רֹמא ֵל<br />

14. הוהי־ינֵ ְפל ִ םתָ ָבר ְקָ<br />

בְּ<br />

׃וּת ֻמָ ֫ יּוַ 15. . . . הרָ הָ ֫ ה ָ יתלֹ ִ ֲע ַבּ<br />

רהָ ָבּ ב ֵשׁ אֵ וָ<br />

when he blessed him and commanded him, saying…<br />

Gen 28:6<br />

when they approached YHWH and died<br />

Lev 16:1<br />

When I went up on the mountain…I stayed on the<br />

mountain.<br />

Deut 9:9<br />

In present-time reference, the wayyqtl can have a variety of senses, including<br />

complex (# 16) and gnomic (## 17–18).<br />

22 Davidson, <strong>Hebrew</strong> <strong>Syntax</strong>, 73.

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