A Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language, Volume 2Wiley and Putnam, 1841 - Hebrew language |
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Page iii
... present volume at a much earlier period , he was not fully aware of the real nature of his undertaking and of the amount of time and labour its proper execution would necessarily involve . He had indeed imbibed to some extent the ...
... present volume at a much earlier period , he was not fully aware of the real nature of his undertaking and of the amount of time and labour its proper execution would necessarily involve . He had indeed imbibed to some extent the ...
Page v
... present state of philology should lead to satisfactory results . The first or objective plan will indeed facilitate the grammarian's progress by furnishing him with a regular series of topics for discussion , and will enable the learner ...
... present state of philology should lead to satisfactory results . The first or objective plan will indeed facilitate the grammarian's progress by furnishing him with a regular series of topics for discussion , and will enable the learner ...
Page xi
... present work , it does not belong to the author to speak ; and he would desire rather that they should be ascertained from a connected study of the book itself . At the same time it will be proper to give here a sketch of its general ...
... present work , it does not belong to the author to speak ; and he would desire rather that they should be ascertained from a connected study of the book itself . At the same time it will be proper to give here a sketch of its general ...
Page xii
... present , in view of the following considerations , viz .: 1st , the frequent use of this form as a present , and the fact that on its being so rendered the whole force and beauty of a passage frequently depends ; 2d , the analogy of ...
... present , in view of the following considerations , viz .: 1st , the frequent use of this form as a present , and the fact that on its being so rendered the whole force and beauty of a passage frequently depends ; 2d , the analogy of ...
Page xiii
... present time , and doubt not it would be equally easy to develope its use as a future from an original present signification as to pursue the opposite method , since the present and future are tenses immediately bordering upon each ...
... present time , and doubt not it would be equally easy to develope its use as a future from an original present signification as to pursue the opposite method , since the present and future are tenses immediately bordering upon each ...
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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.