1. Of these the following are the principal :

2. The Interjections occur for the most part in their simplest

,is an exception (הִנֵּה) הֵן forms without any appendages, but to this

PLUR.

being varied by suffixes as follows:

SING.

behold thee

2 m.

behold you הִנְכֶם

behold gyou הִכְּכֶן

behold them חִנָּם

3 m. i behold him

behold them הִכָּן

PART IV.

SYNTAX.

§ 155. THE ARTICLE.

1. The Article in Hebrew is for the most part used to designate a person or thing well known, either from general notoriety or pre

,the man הָאָדָם ,the light הָאוֹר,the heaven הַשָּׁמַיִם vious description, as .the sanctuary הַמִּקְדָּשׁ

2. It is sometimes used for the demonstrative pronoun, as i

this day, this night,

ion which encompasseth,

this time. Also for the relative, as which is born.

The Article is omitted, (a) Before proper names; (b) Before nouns in the construct state; (c) Before nouns having any of the possessive pronominal suffixes. Occasional exceptions, however, to each of the above rules are met with, which it is not important to specify.

§ 156. NOUNS.
Case.

1. Nominative Absolute. When the Nominative is found detached, in regard to construction, from the rest of a sentence, it is termed the Nominative Absolute, and is to be rendered in English by prefixing some such expression as as to, with respect to, with reference to,

הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר ; as to) God, his way is perfect) הָאֵל תָּמִים דַּרְכּוֹ c., as&

(as to) the word which thou hast spoken.... we regard it not; piny (as for) the mighty man, he had the earth.

2. Genitive. This is usually indicated by following a Noun, Adjective, or Participle in the construct state; as son of the

גְדָל־ ,beautiful of form יְפַח תֹּאַר ,kings of the nations מַלְכֵי עַמִּים,lking silters of יִשְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ,broken of heart שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב,na great of strength

(in) darkness.

3. The Genitive is moreover often indicated by the preposition to, belonging to, of, as in a psalm of David, son of Jesse, on the first day of the month.

4. In signification the Genitive sometimes denotes the Genitive of the subject, sometimes of the object, as (a) of the subj. min man

the wrath of Jehovah, i. e. the wrath which he feels and manifests; (b) of the obj. in the fear of Jehovah, i. e. that which is exercised towards him as its object, Prov. 1. 7. In which of these senses any particular Genitive is to be understood must be determined generally from the context, as the construction is in itself ambiguous; thus D your fear, in Gen. 9. 2, signifies the fear which others will have of you, but in Is. 8. 13, 'Sanctify the Lord of Hosts Himself, and let Him be in your fear,' it evidently implies the Being whom you ought to fear.

4. Dative. The Dative is indicated by the prepositional prefix to or for, as no end to his treasures; And Rachel came with the sheep which belonged to her father ;'

.the watchers which belonged to Saul הַצוֹפִים לְשָׁאוּל

5. Accusative. The Accusative or Objective Case is usually indicated by the particle (-n), though it frequently stands without any distinctive sign whatever, as 77 and he commanded

a son honoreth his father and a בֵּן יְכַבֵּד אָב וְעֶבֶד אֲדֹנָיו ; his servants

servant his master.

אֶת

The is sometimes used before the Nominative, as 3 and the iron fell into the water, 2 Kings 6.5; thy name shall no more be called Abram, Gen. 17. 5; and there came a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17.34.

ארי

6. The Accusative is used in a great number of instances where we should be required in Greek to understand xarα, and in Latin. secundum or quoad, and where in English we must supply the phrase as to, in respect to, &c., as he was diseased as to his feet, 1 Kings 15. 23; they are mighty as to power, Job 21.7; 'Thou hast smitten all mine enemies as to the cheek-bone, Ps. 3. 8.

דן:

7. Nouns of time, place, measure, &c., are also put in the Accusative without a special dependence upon any particular verb, as

לָיְלָה וָאָקוּם ; 18 .29 .I will serve thee seven years, Gen אֶעֶבָדְךָ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים

and I arose by night, Neh. 2. 12; 3 at the door of the tent,

חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה ; 3 .1 .to go to Tarshish, Jon לָלֶכֶת תַּרְשִׁישׁ ;1 .18 .Gen

the water rose fifteen cubits.

§ 157. Number.

1. Nouns of the singular number are often used in a collective sense equivalent to the plural, as in in the midst of the tree of the garden, i. e. of the trees.

'And Abram took

the soul