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 &c.) and  (,, &c.) are exceedingly common with the sense of interjections, before verbs which express a movement or other action, e.g. , , , ; in the plural, ;  ; ; with a following cohortative,  ;  and frequently.—Also with  (a periphrasis for again) in the perfect, ; in the imperfect, , , , ; in the jussive, ; in the cohortative, ; in the imperative, ,  lie down again;  (sometimes to express the idea of willingly or gladly) in the perfect, , ; in the imperative, ; =much,   and talk, i.e. talk not so much arrogancy; in the imperative, ; ,  ; ,  , without men’s being able to touch, &c.; =quickly, in the perfect, ; in the imperative, , , .—Other examples are:  =deeply, radically;  =early (even in the participle, , );  =low, cf. ;  =wholly;  =plentifully.

Rem. This co-ordination without the copula belongs (as being more vigorous and bolder) rather to poetic or otherwise elevated style (cf. e.g., , with , &c.). Asyndeton, however, is not wanting even in prose; besides the above examples (especially the imperatives of and , , , , ) cf. also,. For special reasons the verb representing the principal idea may even come first; thus  (sc. with the sight), for the satisfaction does not come until after the enjoyment of the sight; , i.e. cry with a full (loud) voice.

Blake, ‘The internal passive in Semitic,’ xxii.

1. Verbs which in the active take one accusative (either of the proper object, or of the internal object, or of some other nearer definition; cf., p, u) may in the passive, according to our mode of expression, be construed personally, the object of the active sentence now becoming the subject, e.g. , &c. The passive, however, is also used impersonally (in the 3rd sing. masc.), either absolutely, as f.,, (with a dative added, , , ), or, more frequently, with the object of the active construction still subordinated in the accusative, e.g.   (i.e. one told) to Rebekah the words of Esau; ,.