construct, the infinitive absolute in BH cannot be combined with any other grammatical or lexical morpheme. In other words, the infinitive absolute cannot be governed by a preposition. It also cannot take a pronominal suffix. The various semantic functions of the infinitive absolute are related to specific syntactic constructions. The semantic functions differentiated here are ordered according to the syntactic constructions in which the infinitive absolute occurs. 1. Infinitive absolute of root
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