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 predicate with  is explained from the stress laid upon the latter,  being equivalent to the whole of work (is forbidden).

2. When the subject of the sentence consists of several nouns connected by, usually

(a) The predicate following is put in the plural, e.g. seed time and harvest, and cold and heat... shall not cease ; after subjects of different genders it is in the masculine (as the prior gender, cf. ), e.g.   were old;,.

Rem. Rare exceptions are, where the predicate agrees in gender with the masculine  (as in  with ); on the other hand, in  (where  are the subjects) it agrees with  as being the principal person; in the compound sentence, , it agrees with the feminine subject immediately preceding.

(b) The predicate preceding two or more subjects may likewise be used in the plural (,, &c.); not infrequently, however, it agrees in gender and number with the first, as being the subject nearest to it. Thus the predicate is put in the singular masculine before several masculines singular in, , , , , ; before a masculine and a feminine singular, e.g. , then said  her brother and her mother; 33:7; before a masculine singular and a plural, e.g.  , &c.;  (where feminines plural also follow); 44:14, , ; before collectives feminine and masculine,.

Similarly, the feminine singular occurs before several feminines singular, e.g. ; before a feminine singular and a feminine plural, e.g. ; before a feminine singular and a masculine singular,  ; ; before a feminine singular and a masculine plural, e.g.  (cf., on the other hand,  ). The plural feminine occurs before a plural feminine and a plural masculine in .—In for  read  with the LXX, and cf. verse 19.

(c) When other predicates follow after the subjects have been mentioned, they are necessarily put in the plural; cf. ,, , , &c., and.