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 probably a particular tree is meant); 19:9,  (, i.e. the particular maiden, through whom the prophet’s announcement shall be fulfilled; we should say a maiden [cf. Driver on, , ];.

So always to write in the book (or on the scroll,, ), i.e. not in the book already in use, but in the book which is to be devoted to that purpose, equivalent to in a book, on a scroll, , ,. Especially instructive for this use of the article is the phrase, which does not simply refer back to the previous narrative in the sense of the same day, but is used exactly like our one day (properly meaning on the particular day when it happened, i.e. on a certain day), , , , , , 13. In even.

The article is sometimes used in this way before collectives in the singular, which are not meant to denote (like the examples given under l) a whole class, but only that part of it which applies to the given case; thus, ,.

5. When a substantive is defined by the article, or by a suffix, or by a following genitive determinate in any way (see the examples below), the attribute belonging to it (whether adjective, participle, ordinal, or demonstrative pronoun) necessarily takes the article (see, however, the Rem.), e.g. ;. A genitive following the substantive may, according to, be determined either by the article, e.g.  (prop. man of worthlessness; cf. also such examples as , where the article is prefixed only to a second genitive following the noun); or as a proper name, e.g.  ; or by a suffix, e.g.   the least of my master’s servants.

When several attributes (whether connected by or not) follow a determinate substantive, each of them takes the article, e.g.  . Cf. also, , in both of which places a demonstrative with the article also follows the adjective.

Rem. 1. The article is, however, not infrequently used also—

(a) With the attribute alone, when it is added to an originally indefinite substantive as a subsequent limitation; so always with ordinal numbers after, e.g. (cf. 2:3, , &c.)  (prop. a day namely