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Syntax of verbs in Hebrew is fraught with problems. According to classic grammars, many Hebrew words can be translated by virtually all the finite tenses of modern languages. Such grammars include lengthy catalogs of special cases and rules for exceptional uses, which illustrate how difficult the problem of verb syntax is. In turn, translators select the equivalent tense of modern languages based...

In these the element ‘x’ can be a noun (independent personal pronoun or noun) or an adverb (or the equivalent of an adverb = preposition + noun/suffix pronoun). Constructions (1) and (2) feature two nominalizations of the verb (participle and relative clause),16 while (3) and (4) comprise two simple verb forms. The first two constructions comprise the simple nominal clause (noun + noun) where the first member (‘x’) is the predicate; the second two comprise the complex nominal clause (noun + finite
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