Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar

by van der Merwe, Christo H. J.; Kroeze, Jan H.; Naudé, Jackie

• ISBN13: 9781850758563
• ISBN10: 1850758565
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

This work is intended to serve as a user-friendly and up-to-date source of information on the morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics of Biblical Hebrew verbs, nouns and other word classes (prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs, modal words, negatives, focus particles, discourse markers, interrogatives and interjections). It also contains one of the most elaborate treatments of Biblical Hebrew word order yet published in a grammar. This reference grammar will be of service to students who have completed an introductory or intermediate course in Biblical Hebrew, and also to more advanced scholars seeking to take advantage of traditional and recent descriptions of the language that go beyond the basic morphology of Biblical Hebrew. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Christo van der Merwe holds the Eric Samson Chair for Biblical Hebrew Grammar in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa Jackie Naude is Senior Lecturer, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Jan Kroeze is Head of the Department of Classics and Semitics, Potchefstroom University of Christian Higher Education, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Abbreviations	p. 13
Introduction	p. 15
Biblical Hebrew as a Semitic Language	p. 15
The Historical Unity and Development of Hebrew	p. 16
A Short Review of the Grammatical Treatment of Biblical Hebrew	p. 18
The Hebrew Alphabet and Masoretic Signs	p. 22
The Alphabet-Consonants	p. 22
The Alphabet-Vowels	p. 28
Diphthongs	p. 32
Syllables and Accents	p. 34
Masoretic Signs with a Double Function	p. 36
Additional Masoretic Signs	p. 42
Word, Clause and Text in Biblical Hebrew: A Survey	p. 51
The Levels of Language Structure	p. 51
The Word Categories/Classes in Biblical Hebrew	p. 53
The Clause in Biblical Hebrew	p. 59
The Text in Biblical Hebrew	p. 65
The Verb	p. 67
Review	p. 67
The Morphology of the Basic Paradigm	p. 68
The Stem Formations	p. 73
Pronominal Suffixes Added to Verbs	p. 90
The Morphology of the Irregular (or Weak) Verbs	p. 95
The Syntax and Semantics of the Finite Verb Forms	p. 141
The Syntax and Semantics of the Non-finite Verb Forms	p. 153
Verb Chains and Sequences	p. 163
The Valency of Verbs	p. 172
The Noun	p. 174
Introduction	p. 174
The Congruency Features of Nouns	p. 175
The Declension of the Noun	p. 191
The Noun with Pronominal Suffixes	p. 200
Noun Patterns and Suffixes	p. 203
The He Locale and Enclitic Mem	p. 227
Nouns in Appositional Relationships	p. 228
Qualification of the Noun by the Adjective	p. 230
Co-ordination of the Noun	p. 237
The Noun as Complement of Prepositions	p. 239
The Noun as Complement/Adjunct of Verbs	p. 241
The Noun as Subject, Predicate, Vocative and Dislocated Constituent	p. 247
Congruence between the Subject and Predicate in BH Clauses	p. 249
Pronouns	p. 251
Numerals	p. 263
The Other Word Classes	p. 271
Introduction	p. 271
Prepositions	p. 272
Conjunctions	p. 294
Adverbs	p. 305
Predicators of Existence	p. 320
Interrogatives	p. 321
Discourse Markers	p. 328
Interjections	p. 334
Word Order	p. 336
The Syntax of Word Order	p. 336
The Semantic-Pragmatic Functions of Word Order	p. 344
Glossary	p. 351
Bibliography	p. 370
Index of Biblical Hebrew Words	p. 374
Index of Old Testament Texts	p. 379
Index of Subjects	p. 386
Index of Authors	p. 404
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