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 God; ; with an infinitive, ; with a noun-suffix (which, according to, also represents a genitive), e.g.   (prop. my finder; cf. ); 12:3 ,  (but read either , or  in the preceding clause); 27:29, , ,. In read.

Rem. To the class of objective genitives belong also specifications of place after the participles and, since the verbs  and , in the sense of ingredi, egredi, can be directly connected with an accusative; e.g. , 18 ; ; after  , , , &c.—In poetic language the participle in the construct state may be connected not only with a genitive of the object, but also with any other specifications (especially of space) which otherwise can only be made to depend on the verb in question by means of a preposition; cf. , and frequently, (the grave);  ;  ;, , 7, 9 those that came in (or went out) on the sabbath, , , &c.; instead of the construction with , e.g.  (those who turn from transgression),  (cf. ).

These genitives of nearer definition appear also in the form of a noun-suffix, e.g., 49 (for ) that rise up against me; cf. ,, , , ;  ;  ; the construction is especially bold in   (for );  even with a participle Poʿal,  (?), but read perhaps with Olshausen .—In  as a terebinth , it remains doubtful whether  is in the absolute state, and consequently  in the accusative, or whether it is to be regarded as construct state, and  as the genitive. In the latter case it would be analogous to (see k).

4. The passive participles also may either be in the absolute state, and take the determining word in the accusative, or may be connected