An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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םתֶּ אַ םי ִלגְּ רַ ְמ You are spies.
Gen 42:9
(2) Indefinite adjective (“predicate adjective”; 14.3.2)
התָּ א ַ קידִּ ַצ You are righteous.
(3) Pronoun (16.3.3, 17.4.1)
Jer 12:1
8. ה ָמ וּנח ְ ַנ֫ וְ
Who are we?
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(4) Adverb
Exod 16:7
ם ָשׁ םימָ ִ יּה ַ ח ַבז ֶ֫
י ִכּ The annual sacrifice is there.
1 Sam 20:6
(5) Adverbial prepositional phrase
10. םִימּ ָ֫
ַ ֫
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4.6 Modifiers
4.6.1 Adjectival Modifiers
ה וּנ ָל The water is ours (lit., the water is to us).
Gen 26:20
הוהי שׁ ַער֫ ַ ָב אֹ ל YHWH was not in the earthquake.
1 Kgs 19:11
a An adjectival modifier is a construction that qualifies a noun or its equivalent.
Such a construction is “adnominal” (“to the noun”), in contrast to a construction
that modifies a verb (ad-verbial, “to the verb”). There are many ways in which
nominal forms may be qualified in the surface structure. Consider, for example,
these phrases, all with shapes attested in Hebrew (though not all the equivalents
are attested).
adjective: foreign gods
construct: gods of foreignness
adjectival apposition: gods, the foreigners
hendiadys: gods and foreigners
prepositional phrase: gods in foreignness
adverbial apposition: gods (with reference to) foreignness