Introduction to biblical Hebrew; presenting graduated instruction in the language of the Old Testament

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...a noun feminine. Eleven and twelve show some anomalies: see the paradigm. (b) Syntax. These numerals mostly succeed their nouns, put in the plural form: some nouns in frequent use (as day, man, Hps' year, soul) are singular, and then succeed the numeral. Thus rnpn/3"lX fourteen cities, but T)# rofew llhv thirteen years. Cf. two foot, four year old, &c. Observe the formula B»K-tySTj DE the twelve men. 149. (a) Forms of the tens. The tens append the plural-ending C to all the unit-forms from 3 to 9: but 20 is derived from 10, not 2: all these are unchangeable. See the paradigm. (b) Syntax. The tens, in general, precede their nouns, which in this case are mostly singular; but, if the noun precede, it must assume the plural form. Thus, in Lev. 27: 5, we have both njB Dnby twenty years, and Dntfy DijK' twenty sheMs; but Dnipy rtitSK twenty cubits, 2 Chr. 3:3. The Ordinals, Distributives, &o. 152. To form the ordinals from 2 to 10, tlie termination V is added to the ground-form of the cardinals; in the majority of instances, another V is interposed before the final radical. The feminines end commonly in H'--3 seldom nj-r-. 'First' is expressed by tte0, from «5n, head. Obs. The feminines are used to indicate fractional parts, as TPS?" to a third; also these masculines, 'VD or 'Vri a half; and quarter; ED'n a fifth; lfS a tenth. 153. Beyond the number 10, Hebrew has no peculiar form for ordinals; the cardinals are vised instead, and then mostly succeed the noun put in the construct state. Thus 5?3K1 r3P the twenty-seventh year, 1 Kings 16:10; on the other hand, we also have nja nI? 3J3"1X the fourteenth year, Gen. 14:5. Obs. 1. UV day, and year are frequently repeated both before and after such a numeral; thus n2 niKt? t?g njB3 in t...