A Grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew

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shape of a vineyard, it is a vineyard, Kil. v. i; nnyy
Tjab injJD since his intention was not for this, *£r. iv. 4.
482. By pXK', KW, y «b ; nioiN «in pjn byf for on wine
he says, B^r. vi. i ; ^"I^n3 because they are not suspected,
S«bi. ix. i; bS^ for he cannot say, Bik. i. 4 ; Vry «b
nnb D'»3n^ not because they needed them, RH ii. 6.
By y combined with other conjunctions: ^^•'i^
because he extinguishes. Sab. iii. 6 ; n\)Sn^)> \y ^JQD because they
are for jaundice, ib. xiv. 3 ; ^y ^bf because they are not
equal, ib. vii. 4. Before a noun ^JQD stands as regens without
y : K^T|tsn b^rs^a V.sp because of the neglect of the house
of study, ib. xvi. i; nnSnz a^nan ^JStp because of what is written in
the Torah, Bik. i. 3.
y ^Db : ta^on IP Sy^y because it is not prepared, §ab. iii. 6 ;
D^Nna battp \y^y because it is not the food of healthy persons,
ib. xiv. 3.
y nnsp : D^bia; nn')}^f n n « p because both are able, BM x. 6 ;
^^b niynK^ -intjtp since thou hast testified to us, Yeb. vii. 3.
y b^a^a "mpDn naj m^ b'2f2 because I am a male should
I losel BB ix.* i; iya^«a*nNin ni "^y:zf b^aK^a because this
Canaanite has shown with his finger, So. 46 a.
y by: {^D3n riK y\nf by because he slew a i)erson, 'Ed. vi. i.
y np by : .-T^apn noiy np by because the Holy One, blessed be
He,*passed over. Res. x. 5; ib.saag? np by; \nniif np by because
they were redeemed, they embittered, ib.
y D^B^p: nmi^ D^lS^p because it is said, Rik. i. 2.
10. Conditional Sentences.
483. The construction of conditional sentences in MH follows
in the main the principles of similar sentences in BH (Ges.-K.,
§ 159)-