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 I come unto thee, and bring forth, &c. Cf. (= when she should have been given);,.

Rem. 1. The constructions of the infinitive with a preposition, described above under d, are almost always continued in the further course of the narrative by means of the finite verb, i.e. by an independent sentence, not by a co-ordinate infinitive. Such a finite verb we regard as governed by a conjunction, which corresponds to the preposition standing before the infinitive. Thus the infinitival construction (frequently even with a change of subject) is continued by a perfect (with ), because they have forsaken  my law ... ;, , ; without   (perf. after  and infin.); by a perfect with  (cf.  and § v)  ,  continually all pity (a frequentative perfect; for examples of the perfect consecutive proper see , , ,  [], always after ); by a simple imperfect, e.g.  (after );  (after , a temporal phrase which has here become equivalent to a preposition);  (after ), 10:2, 13:9, 14:25, 45:1, 49:5, , , ,  (always after ) ; by an imperfect consecutive, e.g.  and it came to pass, ; ,  (after ); , , , 9 ff. (after );, , (after ).

2. The negation of an infinitive construct, on account of the predominance of the noun-element in its character, is effected not by the verbal negative (except in the compound, which has come to be used as a preposition, without, , ), but by , originally a substantive (see the Lexicon), with prefixed (but also  ), e.g.  ; in a final sense, 4:15 lest any finding him should smite him; only in  is  repeated before the infinitive. In (if the text be right)  negatives, not the infinitive, but the predicate which is understood.

1. Like the infinitive absolute (see ), the character of the infinitive construct as a noun is shown by its power of taking the case proper to its verb, and hence in transitive verbs the accusative of the object, e.g.