An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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2 Sam 7:6
(8) Relative Clause (with or without relative pronoun)
להֶ ֹא֫ ָבּ
ר ֶשׁ א־ל ֲ ָכו ְ
א ָמ טִי ְ
And everyone who is in the tent is unclean.
Num 19:14
הּ ָמּ ִע הּ ָשׁיאִ ְל־ם ַגּ ןתֵּ תִּ וַ
And she also gave (some) to her husband (who was)
with her.
Gen 3:6
ךָ ְל תירִ ְכא־אֹ ַ ל שׁיאִ וְ
every one of you that I do not cut off (lit., a man
4.6.2 Adverbial Modifiers
[that] I do not cut off belonging to you)
1 Sam 2:33
a An adverbial modifier is a construction that modifies a verb or its equivalent.
There are various kinds of adverbial constructions.
b When a noun modifies a verb, it is said to be in “the accusative function,” a
construction treated in Chapter 10. Suffice it here to note that there are two
principal types of accusative: direct object and adverbial.
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םיהלֹ ִ אֱ
ארָ ְבִ יּוֵ םדָ אָ ה־ת ָ אֶ
לדַּ גְ א ֶ אסֵּ כִּ הַ
קרַ ָךּמֶּ ֫ ִמ
God created hā˒ādām (direct object).
Gen 1:27
Only with respect to the throne (adverbial) will I be
greater than you.
Gen 41:40
An infinitive construct (36.2.1) may be used as a direct object, as a verbal
complement, or in a prepositional phrase.
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אֹ בו ָ תא ֵצ עדַ א ֵ אֹ ל I do not know (how) to go out and come in (objects).
1 Kgs 3:7
וֹבּ־ה ֶכּ ַנ ל ַכוּא י ַלוּא Perhaps I will be able to defeat them (complement).
Num 22:6
וּנּתי ֶ֫
מְ ִ י אוּה וֹב־וֹעגְ ִפבּ ְ When he meets him (prepositional phrase), he shall be
put to death.
Num 35:19
An infinitive absolute (35.3.3) may be used as a direct object or as an adverb.