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An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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׃דחָ א ֶ ם ַע ְל וּניִי֫ הָ ְ<br />

וּני ֵל֫ אֵ<br />

וּע ְמ ְשׁ ת ִ אֹ ל־םאִ וְ<br />

. . .<br />

וּנתֵּ ֫ ִבּ־תא ֶ וּנחְ קַ֫ ָל ְ<br />

׃וּנ ְכלָ הָ ְ<br />

וּנתְ מ֑ ָ֫<br />

ו ָ הֹפ וּנ ְב ַשָׁי־ם ֫ אִ ְ<br />

תָּ ְצ ַפ ֫ ח ָ אֹ ל־םא<br />

ִ הָיהָ וְ<br />

הּתָּ חְ ַלּ ִשׁ ו ְ הּ ָבּ<br />

ו and become one people.<br />

But if you do not listen <strong>to</strong> us…<br />

ו we will take our daughter<br />

ו and go.<br />

Gen 34:15–17<br />

ו <strong>An</strong>d if we stay here, we shall die.<br />

2 Kgs 7:4<br />

<strong>An</strong>d if you are not pleased with her, you can send her<br />

away.<br />

Deut 21:14<br />

The particle יכּ can introduce a protasis, <strong>to</strong>o, standing either first (# 4) or directly<br />

after the subject (# 5), which may thus be taken as a casus pendens. 20<br />

4. אֹ ל שׁיא ִ א ָצ ְמ ת־י ִ ִכּ<br />

ךָ ְכרֶ ָבְ י־י ִכו ְ וּנּ ֶכ֫ רְ ָבתְ וּנּנ֑ ֶ֫<br />

ֲעת ַ אֹ ל שׁיאִ 5. ם ֶכּ ִמ בירִ ְקַי־י ִכּ םדָ אָ<br />

ה ָמ הֵ ְבּה־ן ַ ִמ . . . ן ָבּר ְקָ<br />

ןאֹ צּה־ן ַ ִמוּ רקָ בָּ ה־ן ַ ִמ<br />

וּביר֫ ִ ְק תַּ<br />

If you encounter someone, do not greet him, and if<br />

anyone greets you, do not answer.<br />

2 Kgs 4:29<br />

When any one of you brings an offering…, bring your<br />

offering from the beasts or the herd or the flock…<br />

Lev 1:2<br />

A protasis can also be introduced by רשׁא (# 6, note the negative in אל־םא), ןה<br />

(# 7), or asyndetically (# 8). Conditional sentences may consist of two waw-relative<br />

clauses in juxtaposition (32.2.3).<br />

6. ם ֶכינֵ ְפל ִ ןתֹנ ֵ י ִכֹנ א ָ האֵ רְ<br />

׃ה ָל ָל ְקוּ ה ָכרָ ְבּ םוֹ ֑יּהַ ר ֶשׁ א ֲ ה֑ כָ רָ ְבּה־ת ַ אֶ<br />

ה ָל ָל ְקּ הַ וְ<br />

. . . וּע ְמ ְשׁ תִּ<br />

וּע ְמ ְשׁ ת ִ אֹ ל־םאִ Look: I am giving you a choice <strong>to</strong>day, blessing or<br />

curse—the blessing (will obtain) if you listen…and the<br />

curse (will obtain) if you do not listen…<br />

Deut 11:26–28<br />

20<br />

In case law, ky can introduce the major circumstance and ˒m the minor<br />

circumstances, e.g., Exod 21:28 (ky)-29 (˒m); cf. LHS 184, citing the sequence of<br />

Exod 21:37 (ky), 22:1 (˒m), 22:2 (˒m).

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