An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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םינִ תֹנ ְ םינִ ָפל ְ וּיה ָ ם ָשׁ וְ
החָ ְנ ִמּ ה־ת ַ אֶ
םיאִ רָ ְק נ ִ וּיהִיּ ְ ַ
18. ר ֶשׁ א ֲ םִ יּוִ ְל ַל הרָ ְמֹא וָ
םיאִ ָבוּ םירִ הֲ טַּ מ ִ וּיהִי ְ
And they had formerly stored the grain offerings
there.
Neh 13:5
ו And they (the chronicles) were read. 53
Esth 6:1
Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves
and come…
Neh 13:22
37.7.2 In Association with Finite Verbs
a When a perfective or non-perfective verb is used to describe an action, a closely
related action with the same actor is generally described with the same type of verb.
Participles often break such patterns. A participial predicate can be followed by a
prefix form, with similar sense (# 1), or can be used where a prefix form would be
expected (compare ## 2a-b), or can be followed by waw-relative and a suffix form
with either an epexegetical notion in past time (cf. 37.6d) or a (con)sequential
situation in future time (## 3–4; cf. 32.2.5b).
1. הוהי ַל חַ ֵבֹז ינִ אֲ
םירִ ָכזְּ ה ַ םחֶ ר ֫ ֶ רטֶ ֶפּ־ל ֫ ָכּ
׃הדֶּ פְ א ֶ ינַ ָבּ רוֹכבּ־ל ְ ָכו ְ
2a. שׁיאִ ה־ת ָ א ֶ ָךּא֫ ֶ רְ אַ וְ
שׁקּ֑ ֵבַ
ְמ התָּ א־ר ַ ֶשׁ אֲ
2b. ם ֶכתְ א ֶ ה ָכי ִלוֹא ֫ וְ
ר ֶשׁ א ֲ שׁיאִ ה־ל ָ אֶ
ןוּ ֑שׁ קֵּ בַ תְּ
3. ה ָע ְב ִשׁ דוֹע םימָ ִ י ְל י ִכּ
. . . ריטִ מְ ַמ י ִכֹנ אָ
יתי ִ חִ֫ ָמוּ
4. ן ֵבּ ךָ ְל תדֶ ֶלֹי ֫ . . . הרָ ָשׂ
וֹמ ְשׁ־תא ֶ תא ָ ר֫ ָקָ
וְ
I sacrifice to YHWH the first male offspring of every
womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.
Exod 13:15
I will show you the man you are looking for.
Judg 4:22
I will lead you to the man you are looking for.
2 Kgs 6:19
Seven days from now I will send rain…and I will blot
out…
Gen 7:4
Sarah…will bear you a son and you will call his name.
Gen 17:19
Similarly, a relative participle may be continued by a non-perfective form (# 5), a
waw-relative with short prefix form (## 6–7), or a suffix form (## 8–9).
53 Cf. Esth 9:21, 27.