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 6. In (, perhaps  is to be read), 33:27,  , the absolute state appears to be used instead of the construct to govern a following logical genitive; this, however, cannot be explained either as a special kind of apposition, or (with Hitzig) as a peculiarity of the dialect of Northern Palestine, but is merely a textual corruption. On the other hand, in  is evidently intended to combine the readings  and  (as in verse 28).—The remarkable combination  in, 15 is due to the fact that in ψψ 42–83  has almost throughout been subsequently substituted by some redactor for the divine name ; on  cf. . In, , 20, and 84:9 has been reinstated in the text before.

7. Lastly, the nearer definition (qualification) of a noun may be effected by means of a preposition (either with a suffix or with an independent noun), but must then be distinguished from the cases in which the preposition is dependent on a verb or verbal idea, e.g. and she gave also  (= her husband who was with her); in  (that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh) and other places, the qualification of the noun is itself also qualified.

1. The adjective (like the participle used adjectivally), which serves as an attribute of a substantive, stands after the substantive, and agrees with it in gender and number, e.g.,. If the substantive is immediately connected with a genitive, the attribute follows the latter, since, according to § 89 and, the construct state and the genitive belonging to it are inseparably united, e.g. .— On the attribute when attached to a determinate substantive, see above,.