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 verb; so after a determinate substantive,  happy is the man ; Jb 33 b ; after  ; referring to a vocative, which is determinate in itself even without the article,, or to a noun-suffix (see under e), ; after an indeterminate substantive, e.g.  it is a fire (that) devoureth unto Abaddon; Dt 3217 b, , , , , , , , ; referring to the suffix in  , prop. behold me, who have laid, &c., but perhaps the participle is to be read; 29:14, 38:5 (but probably again the participle  should be read instead of the imperfect);. The relative clause is used in this way especially to supply the place of an adjective, e.g., i.e. a ravining wolf; ; to express a negative quality, e.g. ,.

Rem. Very frequently such relative sentences are attached to substantives which have the particle of comparison, e.g.  that earnestly desireth the shadow, &c.; , , , , , , , ; so also after  ; after a determinate substantive, e.g.  (but the better reading is  without the article), 61:10 f., , , 21, 125:1; see also the examples under h. Sometimes it seems simpler in such cases, to take the verb directly as predicate to the preceding substantive, and to explain  (for ; see Comparative Clauses, ) as a conjunction—a view which even Hupfeld was ready to accept, at least as regards , , , , but it can hardly be right.

(2) The cases in which the retrospective pronoun represents an accusative of the object, or would do so if not suppressed, as it usually is in such cases in relative clauses with, cf. . Examples with the retrospective pronoun are,  (see also the end of the verse); after a substantive with (see above, g),,. Without a retrospective pronoun, after a determinate substantive,, (preceded by a relative clause with );. Other examples of this kind, though the article is omitted according to poetic usage, are (, for which   with the substantive in the construct state governing the relative clause, see ),, , .—Without the retrospective pronoun, after an indeterminate substantive, e.g.  ; ,  (48:17, , all after ; but  ); ;  (in 6:1 the same clause with ); moreover, in  read with the LXX  (that) they know not.

(3) The cases in which the retrospective pronoun is dependent on a preposition, or its place is taken by the adverb, as in end.