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 Jer. 16:8; 18:2, 3, Nah. 2:6 — In Ez. 11:24; 23:16 כַּשְׂדִּים  is now name of the country; Jer. 50:10; 51:24, 35.

(c) In answer to how far? Gen. 7:20, 1 K. 19:4, Ez. 41:22, Jon. 3:4.

Rem. 1. In elevated speech and poetry words are put in acc. in answer to where? more freely, 1 K. 8:43 in heaven, Is. 16:2 at the fords, 15:8; 45:19 in a waste (in vain), 2 Chr. 33:20. In 1 S. 2:29 מעון  is corrupt in some way. Job 22:12, Ps. 92:9, height is scarcely acc. of place but concrete for adj. as predicate, thou art height = high; cf. Ps. 10:5, Is. 22:16. In the frequent אֶת־פְּנֵי , 1 S. 1:22; 2:11, 17, 18, Ex. 34:23, &c., את   is prep.

Rem. 2. The acc. whither? is also used freely; Gen. 31:4 called Rachel to the field, 31:21 set his face to mount Gilead, Is. 10:32 wage his fist toward the mount, Is. 40:26, Ps. 55:9, Job 5:11, Ps. 134:2, Lam. 5:6 — The force of the ה  of direction has in many cases become enfeebled, e.g. שָׁמָּה   = there; so it is used with prep. of motion to Josh. 13:4, Ez. 8:14, Ps. 9:18; and even with prep. in and from, Josh. 15:21, Jer. 27:16. In later style it becomes a mere ornate ending, Ps. 116:14, 15, 18; 124:4; 125:3, though perhaps for sake of rhythm earlier, Hos. 8:7; 10:13, Ps. 3:3.

Rem. 3. When questions ''how long? how far?'' &c. are answered in numbers, it is strictly the numeral that is in acc. The case of the thing enumerated will depend upon the numeral, being e.g. in gen. after numeral, עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִים  ten times, Gen. 31:7, or in apposition with it, or possibly in the acc. of specification after it, as אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם  forty days. See § 37, R. 6. Possibly under this acc. comes the use of מִסְפַּר  according to the number, Job 1:5, Jer. 2:28, Ex. 16:16. Or it is acc. of limitation.

Rem. 4. The verb בוא  to come, when = come upon in a hostile sense, has often acc. suff. of person in poetry and later style, Is. 28, 15, Job 15:21; 20:22, Ps. 35:8; 36:12. With noun Is. 41:25 (though יבֻס  has been suggested), Ez. 38:11. In a favourable sense, Ps. 119:41, 77. Similarly אתה  to come upon, Job 3:25.