Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar

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Clarendon Press, 1898 - Hebrew language - 598 pages
 

Contents

Character of the several Vowels
43
10 The Half Vowels and the Syllable Divider Šºwâ
49
Other Signs which affect the Reading 12 Dageš in general and Dageš forte in particular 13 Dageš lene
53
Mappîq and Rāphè 15 The Accents
63
THE SYLLABLE AND THE TONE
66
In general 19 Changes of Consonants
67
The Doubling strengthening and sharpening of Consonants I
69
w w 23 28
70
33
71
38
73
42
74
Peculiarities of the Gutturals
77
The Feebleness of the Aspirates
78
Changes of the Weak Letters
81
Firm or Immovable Vowels
83
Syllableformation and its Influence on the Quantity of Vowels
84
The Change of the Vowels especially as regards Quantity
87
49
96
The Rise of New Vowels and Syllables 29 The Tone its Changes and the Pause
97
Biliteral Triliteral and Quadriliteral
99
Grammatical Structure
104
THE PRONOUN 32 The Personal Pronoun The Separate Pronoun
105
Pronominal Suffixes
108
The Demonstrative Pronoun
109
The Article
111
The Relative Pronoun 37 The Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns CHAPTER II THE VERB PAGE 73 75 78 81 83 84 87
113
General View
115
Groundform and Derived Stems
117
Tenses Moods Flexion
118
Variations from the Ordinary Form of the Strong Verb 119 I The Strong Verb 42 In general
119
Its Form and Meaning
120
Flexion of the Perfect of
121
The Infinitive
124
46 The Imperative
125
The Imperfect and its Inflexion
129
Shortening and Lengthening of the Imperfect and Imperative The Jussive and Cohortative
131
The Perfect and Imperfect with Waw Consecutive
135
53
136
B Verba Derivativa or Derived Conjugations
139
54
140
Niphal
141
Piel and Pual
145
55
146
Hiphîl and Hophal
153
56
154
62
155
Less Common Conjugations
157
Quadriliterals C Strong Verb with Pronominal Suffixes
158
The Perfect with Pronominal Suffixes 58 The Pronominal Suffixes of the Verb
159
Imperfect with Pronominal Suffixes 139
165
64
166
In general Verbs with Gutturals 63 Verbs First Guttural
169
Verbs Middle Guttural
175
Verbs Third Guttural
177
66
178
Verbs Primae Radicalis Nûn
179
Verbs
190
First Class or Verbs originally 70 Verbs
193
Second Class or Verbs properly 71 Verbs
199
Verbs y vulgo y 73 Verbs middle I vulgo
210
Verbs
214
Verbs
216
Verbs Doubly Weak
227
Relation of the Weak Verbs to one another
228
Verba Defectiva
229
General View
231
The Indication of Gender in Nouns
233
Derivation of Nouns 82 Primitive Nouns
235
Verbal Nouns in General
237
199
240
84a Nouns derived from the Simple Stem
241
Formation of Nouns from the Intensive Stem
243
Nouns with Preformatives and Afformatives
245
Denominative Nouns
251
Of the Plural
253
213
255
Of the Dual
256
The Genitive and the Construct State
258
Probable Remains of Early Caseendings
259
215
260
The Noun with Pronominal Suffixes
269
Vowel Changes in the Noun
271
Adverbs
304
Prepositions
306
Prefixed Prepositions
307
103 Prepositions with Pronominal Suffixes and in the Plural Form
309
104 Conjunctions
317
Interjections
319
THIRD PART SYNTAX CHAPTER I THE PARTS OF SPEECH I Syntax of the Verb
320
Use of the Perfect
321
107 Use of the Imperfect
327
108 Use of the Cohortative
333
Use of the Jussive
335
The Imperative
338
The Imperfect with Waw Consecutive
343
The Perfect with Waw Consecutive 320
345
The Infinitive Absolute
356
The Infinitive Construct
364
The Participle
372
The Participles
373
The Government of the Verb
379
120
388
The Looser Subordination of the Accusative to the Verb
391
124
398
125
401
127
401
395
401
Verbal Ideas under the Government of a Verb Coordination
404
Construction of Passive Verbs
407
The Representation of Plural Ideas by means of Collectives
414
Determination of Nouns in general Determination
421
Determination by means of the Article
424
The Noun determined by a following Determinate Genitive
431
131
433
135
437
Expression of the Genitive by Circumlocution
439
138
442
228
458
THE SENTENCE I The Sentence in General PAGE 140 Nounclauses Verbalclauses and the Compound Sentence
473
The Nounclause
475
The Verbalclause
479
The Compound Sentence
481
Peculiarities in the Representation of the Subject especially in the Verbalclause
483
Agreement between the Members of a Sentence especially between Subject and Predicate in respect of Gender and Number
486
Construction of Compound Subjects
493
Incomplete Sentences
495
229
509
Syntax of the Numerals
509
Syntax of the Pronoun
509
The Demonstrative Pronoun
509
The Relative Pronoun
509
474
509
478
509
481
509
483
509
486
509
492
509
494
509
Special Kinds of Sentences 148 Exclamations
509
Sentences which express an Oath or Asseveration
509
Interrogative Sentences
509
Desiderative Sentences
509
Negative Sentences
505
Restrictive and Intensive Clauses 154 Sentences connected by
505
Relative Clauses
511
Objectclauses
517
Causal Clauses
518
Conditional Sentences
521
Concessive Clauses
525
Comparative Clauses
526
Disjunctive Sentences 163 Adversative and Exceptive Clauses
527
Temporal Clauses
529
Final Clauses
531
Consecutive Clauses 167 Aposiopesis Anacoluthon Involved Series of Sentences
532
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
534
PARADIGMS
535
331
560
334
561
231
562
509
563
519
565
528
573
532 532
578
535 559
586

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