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 Rem. The principal statement, to which appends an exception, must sometimes be supplied from the context; thus,  (I desire nothing else) except that thou remember me, equivalent to only do thou remember, &c. (cf. 106 n, note 2; but it is probably better to read for ). Cf. , where, equivalent to nothing but, is used before an infinitive, and , equivalent to only, before a noun. Similarly when after an oath introduces an emphatic assurance, e.g. in  as the Lord liveth (I can do nothing else) except I run after him, &c.; cf. ,, , and even without the oath, ; cf. the Rem. on c.

1. The relations of time existing between two different actions or events are frequently expressed without the aid of a conjunction simply by juxtaposition:—

(a) Actions or events are represented as wholly or in part simultaneous by connecting a noun-clause with another noun-clause or verbal-clause introduced by (or ), e.g.  and Noah was six hundred years old (prop. a son of six hundred years),  and (i.e. when) the flood was. This is especially the case when the predicate of the noun-clause (frequently introduced by ) is expressed by an active participle, e.g. f.  was yet speaking, and there came another, &c.; see the numerous examples in  and. Instead of a complete noun-clause there often occurs a simple casus pendens after with a participial attribute in the sense of whenever any one..., e.g. , &c.; , &c.; see the examples (in which the second member is generally introduced by ) in.

(b) Sequence is expressed by the juxtaposition

(1) of two imperfects consecutive, e.g., &c.; 28:8 f., 29:31, 30:9, 32:26, &c.; cf. ;

(2) of a noun-clause with a passive participle as predicate, and a verbal-clause attached by, e.g. ; cf. ; in an imperative follows without ;

(3) of two perfects (frequently with the secondary idea of rapid succession of the two actions or events in past time), e.g.  (=when) Lot came, &c., cf. , ; f.,, ,  f.—In all these examples the subject follows immediately after the connective , and then the (simple) perfect. On the other hand,

(4) a perfect consecutive follows another perfect consecutive to express the contingent succession of future actions, e.g.