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  to call on some one,,  some one. Again;, (but cf. also ), generally with the secondary idea of participation, or of the pleasure with which one sees or hears anything, especially pleasure at the misfortunes of others, hence ; cf. however, let me not look upon the death of the child;.

Closely related to this is the use of :

(3) To introduce the person or thing, which is the object of a mental act, e.g. (to cleave trustingly to) somebody or something; ...;  or at something, &c.;  some one or something,, , &c.

(4) The idea of an action as extending to something, with at the same time the secondary idea of participation in something, underlies finally the use of, e.g.  something, , ; also simply  something, , ; so also , and  to drink of something, ;  a whisper of something, ;  remaining of her only..., ;  something, , ,. Cf. also something, ;,.

(5) With the idea of touching, striking against anything is naturally connected that of proximity and vicinity near, and further that of association with something; cf. ; 15:14, 32:11 . Sometimes combined with a verb of motion (to come with something), expresses the idea of bringing, e.g.  Samson visited his wife with a kid, i.e. he brought her a kid;, ,  ff., 16:6.

(6) From the idea of connexion with something, being accompanied by something (see n), is developed, finally, the instrumental use of, which represents the means or instrument (or even the personal agent), as something with which one has associated himself in order to perform an action; cf. ; ;  (so also 44:6, parallel with );, , ; cf. also some one, i.e. to cause him to labour at it,, &c. On with the passive to introduce the means or the author, see.

A variety of the  is   (the price being considered as the means of acquiring a thing), cf. , ; 30:16, 33:19, 34:15 ( condition); 37:28; also, in a wider sense,  ;.

Rem. The use of to introduce the object is peculiar in such expressions as  and thou coveredst over us ;   (prop. have made an opening with their mouth); cp. , he lifted up ;   and  followed by ;,. Analogous to some English expressions we find both to gnash the teeth,, and to gnash with the teeth, ; to wink the eye, , and to wink with the eye, ; shake the head, , and to shake with the head, , .—In all these instances