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 (d) A pronoun, e.g. ,  ,  ,.

(e) An adverb or (esp. if formed with a preposition) any specification of time, place, quality, possessor, &c., which may be regarded as the equivalent of a noun-idea, e.g., ; 4:9;  endureth for ever,  f.;  are in his house, ; ,.

Rem. 1. The employment of a substantive as predicate of a noun-clause is especially frequent, either when no corresponding adjective exists (so mostly with words expressing the material; cf. ) or when the attribute is intended to receive a certain emphasis. For in all cases there is a much greater stress upon a substantival predicate, since it represents something as identical with the subject (see above, b [a]), than upon an adjectival or verbal predicate; cf. ; all the paths of the Lord are  (i.e. wholly lovingkindness, &c.; cf. );, , , , , , , , ,. Sometimes the emphasis on the predicate is obtained by the use of the plural form (according to ), e.g. thy people are ;,.

Sometimes the boldness of such combinations is modified by the repetition of the subject, as regens of the predicate, e.g.  . That the language, however—especially in poetry—is not averse even to the boldest combinations in order to emphasize very strongly the unconditional relation between the subject and predicate, is shown by such examples as  myrrh and aloes and cassia are all thy garments (i.e. so perfumed with them that they seem to be composed of them);  thine eyes are doves, i.e. dove’s eyes (but 5:12 );, , , ,. In prose, e.g.,  is rain showers, i.e. the rainy season; with a bold enallage of the number,   (with my family) am persons few in number. For similarly bold expressions with cf. ,, , , , and again with a bold enallage of the number, I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame, but in prose,  and thou shalt be to us.