A Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language, Volume 2Wiley and Putnam, 1841 - Hebrew language |
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... no less than the investigation and exhibition of the fundamental principles on which the entire mechanism of language depends . Thus , to ascertain the nature of the representa- iv tion of an idea formed by a compound sentence.
... no less than the investigation and exhibition of the fundamental principles on which the entire mechanism of language depends . Thus , to ascertain the nature of the representa- iv tion of an idea formed by a compound sentence.
Page iv
... idea conveyed by the whole . He must also be able , on the other hand , to descend analytically from the complete sentence through all its branches , and , by determining the precise office of each of its members , to arrive at the ...
... idea conveyed by the whole . He must also be able , on the other hand , to descend analytically from the complete sentence through all its branches , and , by determining the precise office of each of its members , to arrive at the ...
Page vi
... ideas conveyed in one language either actually are or may be expressed in another , and the same is true of the rela ... idea compounded with various modifications of those which the words separately signify , as follows : 1 , the mutual ...
... ideas conveyed in one language either actually are or may be expressed in another , and the same is true of the rela ... idea compounded with various modifications of those which the words separately signify , as follows : 1 , the mutual ...
Page vii
... ideas they respectively convey , which causes such and such sounds to be chosen as the repre- sentatives of a certain idea rather than others , so too the changes or inflections which the words afterwards undergo owe their rise to a ...
... ideas they respectively convey , which causes such and such sounds to be chosen as the repre- sentatives of a certain idea rather than others , so too the changes or inflections which the words afterwards undergo owe their rise to a ...
Page viii
... idea to be represented by a combination either of the entire words denoting its constituent simple ideas or of the most important elements of such words : in the former case the origin of the compound may easily be traced ; but in the ...
... idea to be represented by a combination either of the entire words denoting its constituent simple ideas or of the most important elements of such words : in the former case the origin of the compound may easily be traced ; but in the ...
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absolute future absolute past abstract noun accents action adjective apocopated apposition Arabic Athnahh attributive behold Cant Chron command conjunctive construction construed definite Deut direct object disjunctive earth Eccl emphatic employed ephah equivalent Esth expressed Ezek feminine finite verb frequently future form gender and number Geresh Hebrew hence indefinite indicate Indo-European languages infinitive instances interrogative Israel Josh Judg Kings languages likewise Lord Mahpach manner Mar'cha masculine meaning Munahh narration noun denoting objective relation occasionally occidental languages P'cik paragogic participle personal pronoun plural preceding predicate prefixed preposition preterite pronominal suffix Prov qualificative reference relative future relative past Ruth secondary clause sentence servant signify singular sometimes take place tense thee thing third person thou hast thou shalt tion tive transitive verb words writer Zech אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר הָאָרֶץ הָיָה וגו וְלֹא יְהוָה כִּי לֹא עַל שָׁנָה
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Page 321 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. [4] The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Page 324 - Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Page 321 - I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Page 323 - Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Page 181 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 240 - ... to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and...
Page 292 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Page 181 - Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night...
Page 57 - It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Page 290 - By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.