An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

contrast, ןכ־לע usually introduces a statement of later effects (# 25), notably the
adoption of a name or a custom (# 26).
21. ךָיבְ ֶ֫ יוֹא־ל ָכ וּדבאֹ ְ י ן ֵכּ Thus perish all your enemies, O YHWH.
הוהי
Judg 5:31
22. עוּנ ַ ָל וּבהֲ א ָ ן ֵכּ Thus have they loved to wander.
23. אֹ ל הוהי ל ַע ֹפּ ֫ תאֵ וְ
אֹ ל וידָי ָ ה ֵשׂ ֲע ַמוּ וּטיבַּ ִ֫ י
ימִּ ַע ה ָלגּ ָ ן ֵכל ָ ׃וּארָ וֹדוֹב
ְכוּ ת ַעד־י ֑֫ ָ ִלבְּ ִמ
החֵ ִצ וֹנוֹמהֲ ו ַ ב ָער ָ יתֵ ְמ
ה ָביחִ֫ רְ ה ִ ן ֵכל ָ ׃א ָמ ָצ
הּ ָשׁ פְ ַנ לוֹא ְשּׁ
24. . . . וּיחִי־ל ְ בּ ַ םיתִ ֵמ
םדי ֵ מִ ְשׁ תַּ ו ַ תָּ דְ קַ֫ ָפּ ן ֵכלָ 25. תיחוּלּ ִ ה ַ ה ֵל ֲע ַמ י ִכּ
י ִכּ וֹבּ־ה ֶלעהַי י ִכבְ ִבּ
םִינֹרוֹח ַ֫
ךְרֶ דֶּ֫
. . ׃וּר ֵעֹעְי ֫ ר ֶב ֶשׁ־ת ֫ קַ ֲעזַ . . . רי ִצח ָ שׁ ֵבָ י־י ִכּ .
. . השׂ֑ ָ ָע הרָ תִי ְ ן ֵכּ־ל ַע
׃םוּא ָשִּׂי .
26. ר ַשׂ ְע ַמ־תא ֶ י ִכּ
יתִּ תַ ֫ ָנ . . . לאֵ רָ ְשִׂי־ינֵ ְבּ
ן ֵכּ־ל ַע ה֑ לָ חֲ ַנ ְל םִ יּוִ ְל ַל
אֹ ל . . . םהֶ ָל יתִּ רְ ַמ ֫ אָ
׃ה ָלחֲ ַנ וּלחֲ
ְנִי
Jer 14:10
YHWH’s actions they do not look at. The work of his
hands they do not see. (That being so,) therefore my
people go into exile lacking knowledge. Its glory is
starving men and its crowd is dry with thirst. (That
being so,) therefore Sheol has widened its gullet.
Isa 5:12–14
(Being) dead, they (other gods) cannot live…that being
so, you have visited them with destruction.
Isa 26:14
Item: Luhith Ascent—they mount it in tears. Item:
Horonaim Road—they raise 83 a cry of
destruction.…Item: the grass is parched.…As a result,
the surplus they made…they bear off.
Isa 15:5–7
Indeed the Israelites’ tithe…I give to the Levites as an
inheritance. As a result, I ordered of them…that they
inherit no (other) inheritance.
Num 18:24
In addition to serving as a constituent adverb of place (‘here’), הכּ is used to
introduce speech (especially with רמא) and action (especially with השׂע); it thus
initiates a section of discourse (# 27; cf. # 28). The closely related particle הככּ can
83 The root and stem of y˓˓rw are obscure.