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Achieving the right balance of amount of information, style of presentation, and depth of instruction in first-year grammars is no easy task. But Mark Futato has produced a grammar that, after years of testing in a number of institutions, will please many, with its concise, clear, and well-thought-out presentation of Biblical Hebrew. Because the teaching of biblical languages is in decline in...

occur in two forms. About 10% of the time, the form is אֵת. About 90% of the time, the form is אֶת־. The bar at the top left of the word is called maqqef and functions somewhat like a hyphen in English. “He sent the horse.” שָׁלַח אֵת הַסּוּס “He sent the garment.” שָׁלַח אֶת־הַבֶּגֶד 7.7 Typical word order in Hebrew is: (1) verb, (2) subject, and (3) direct object. “The father sent the horse.” שָׁלַח הָאָב אֶת־הַסּוּס “The mother sent the garment.” שָׁלְחָה הָאֵם אֶת־הַבֶּגֶד 7.8 When
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