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Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar is unavailable, but you can change that!

Basics of Biblical Hebrew, today’s best-selling introductory Hebrew grammar, is new-and-improved with additional, linguistically nuanced explanations for some of the more difficult elements in biblical Hebrew. This second edition combines the best of inductive and deductive approaches, uses actual examples from the Hebrew Old Testament rather than made-up illustrations, emphasizes the structural...

function as either the subject or the object, depending on context (20.9). In addition, the inseparable prepositions בְּ, כְּ or לְ may be prefixed to an Infinitive Construct with a range of uses and translation values (20.10). Though surely not the equivalent of an Infinitive in English, the Hebrew Infinitive Construct does share the essential characteristic of having both noun and verbal functions. Some of its more common uses are detailed below. 1. Purpose, Intention, or Result. When prefixed with