Gesenius' Hebrew grammar: 17th ed., with numerous corrections and additions, by dr. E. Rödiger. Tr. by T. J. Conant ... With grammatical exercises and a chrestomathy, by the translator.

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PART III. SYNTAX.

they revolted Gen. xiv. 4;.l.t 1tp rhn i at the beginning of
barley harvest 2 Sam. xxi. 9 (Kethibh); b) in answer to the
question how long? t. 1ft. six days (long) Ex. xx. 9.
3. In other adverbial designations: Gen. xli. 40, b5 H~:? p~
only in respect to the throne will I be greater; 2 Sam. xxi. 20,
four and twenty It= in number (comp. oseir adt0p6ov three in
number); 1 Kings xxii. 13, n7s st with one mouth i. e. with
one voice; Zeph. iii. 9, they served God bti t.t with one shoulder i. e. with one mind. With a following genitive, 'I".Q hrbs
for fear of thorns, Is. vii. 25; Job i. 5, he brought burnt-offerings:53 ) 't. according to the number of them all. Here belong also
cases like Al O?.t the double in money Gen. xliii. 15,:&
^nbS anz ephah of barley Ruth ii. 17, 0a: t?l'~d two years time
Gen. xli. 1. Comp. also ~ 114, Rem. b.
Similar cases in connexion with verbs are explained ~ 135 and ~ 136.
By the same process carried still farther, many substantives have come to
be distinctly recognised as adverbs (~ 98, 2, b).
Rem. Similar reference to place, time, &c., may be denoted by a noun
when it is connected with D (as, according to, after the manner of), but in
that case the prefix D alone is in the accusative relation, while the noun is
to be considered in the genitive. Thus a) of place; Vtl: as in their
pasture, Is. v. 17, comp. xxviii. 21; lash after the manner of the stone i. e.
as in stone (the water is hid when frozen) Job xxxviii. 30, xxx. 14; lvs
tst.b as in gorgeous apparel Job xxxviii. 14; t:rn_ as in a dream, Is. xxix.
7, comp. xxiii. 15; b) of time, especially in the forms t:'S as the day= as in
the day, Is. ix. 3; Hos. ii. 5; "'V. as in the days of-, Hos. ii. 17; ix. 9;
xii. 10; Amos ix. 11; Is. li. 9. c) With other references, as in Is. i. 25, I
will purge away thy dross '23 as with lye; Job xxviii. 5, tNI is after the
manner offire = as by fire.
Rarely another preposition is used after such a ~, e. g. tilJtn. Is.
i. 26; 1 Sam. xiv. 14.
It is, moreover, obvious that a substantive with 3 may stand either for
the accusative of the object or for the nominative relation.
SECT. 117.
MODES OF EXPRESSING THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE.
1. When the comparative is to be expressed, the particle.fp
(..) is prefixed to the word with which comparison is made, e. g.
1 Sam. ix. 2, S'.n t t" h taller than any of the people; Judg.
xiv. 18, 5_tt pWirn sweeter than honey; so also after a verb