Syntax Of The Hebrew Language Of The Old Testament

Excerpt from Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament Ore than one attempt has already been made to lay before the English reader the earlier labours of Ewald in the field of Hebrew Grammar. A complete translation, by Nicholson, of an early edition, was published at London in 1836; but so many changes were made in subsequent editions of the original, both as regards arrangement and extent, that it is long since out of date. A translation of the third edition of Ewald's Introductory Hebrew Grammar was subsequently, made by J. F. Smith, and published at London in 1870 but, though the arrangement of the work is substantially the same as is found in the later editions of the larger grammar, the whole is much too brief to prove satisfactory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This introduces and abridges the syntactical features of the original language of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Scholars have made significant progress in recent decades in understanding Biblical Hebrew syntax. Yet intermediate readers seldom have access to this progress due to the technical jargon and sometimes-obscure locations of the scholarly publications. This Guide is an intermediate-level reference grammar for Biblical Hebrew. As such, it assumes an understanding of elementary phonology and morphology, and defines and illustrates the fundamental syntactical features of Biblical Hebrew that most intermediate-level readers struggle to master. The volume divides Biblical Hebrew syntax, and to a lesser extent morphology, into four parts. The first three cover the individual words (nouns, verbs, and particles) with the goal of helping the reader move from morphological and syntactical observations to meaning and significance. The fourth section moves beyond phase-level phenomena and considers the larger relationships of clauses and sentences.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... [813] II. DEPENDENT PROPOSITIONS. 1. Relative Sentences. 33 la. Of these, there are in general two kinds: the relative sentence starts (a) from a word which indicates a person or a thing (qui, or, with less indication of life, quad, --who, or which, tltaf); as, qui tacet and vir qui tacet; or, (&) from a particle which merely serves to gather up a thought and show the relation in which it stands, i.e. a conjunction, as, gaudco quod vales. According to the simplest syntactical arrangement, both kinds in Semitic always prefix the word which indicates the relation; arrangements of a more complicated character, as, quam vidi urlem tnagna est, are, at least generally speaking, foreign to the Hebrew. We shall consider-- (1.) Relative Sentences proceeding from an Independent Word. From what has been already stated, it follows, under this head, -- I. That, though the word which indicates relation has the force of a substantive, it is nevertheless placed quite separate and apart from others, at the head of the proposition, and hence is, outwardly, more like a conjunction, as it has neither gender nor number in Hebrew. But because it stands at the beginning in this abrupt and incomplete condition, it must, like any other word so placed, explain itself more fully (when necessary) by means of the personal pronoun, in the sentence following, when the usual calm order of discourse is observed; thus, we must say, vir, dim ei, when vir is abruptly placed first (see 3096), and similarly, qui, dixi ei for the Lat. cui dixi.1 1 [It will be evident that our " relative pronouns " arc really composite, having the force of a conjunction and that of a pronoun combined in one word. E.g. in the statement, "Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban," the...

Meeting the need for a textbook for classroom use after first year Hebrew grammar, Waltke and O'Connor integrate the results of modern linguistic study of Hebrew and years of experience teaching the subject in this book. In addition to functioning as a teaching grammar, this work will also be widely used for reference and self-guided instruction in Hebrew beyond the first formal year. Extensive discussion and explanation of grammatical points help to sort out points blurred in introductory books. More than 3,500 Biblical Hebrew examples illustrate the points of grammar under discussion. Four indexes (Scripture, Authorities cited, Hebrew words, and Topics) provide ready access to the vast array of information found in the 40 chapters. Destined to become a classic work, this long-awaited book fills a major gap among modern publications on Biblical Hebrew.

This introduces and abridges the syntactical features of the original language of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Scholars have made significant progress in recent decades in understanding Biblical Hebrew syntax. Yet intermediate readers seldom have access to this progress due to the technical jargon and sometimes-obscure locations of the scholarly publications. This Guide is an intermediate-level reference grammar for Biblical Hebrew. As such, it assumes an understanding of elementary phonology and morphology, and defines and illustrates the fundamental syntactical features of Biblical Hebrew that most intermediate-level readers struggle to master. The volume divides Biblical Hebrew syntax, and to a lesser extent morphology, into four parts. The first three cover the individual words (nouns, verbs, and particles) with the goal of helping the reader move from morphological and syntactical observations to meaning and significance. The fourth section moves beyond phase-level phenomena and considers the larger relationships of clauses and sentences.

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