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 practise)! — 1 K. 22:30 הִתְחַפֵּשׂ וָבֹא בַמִּלְחָמָה    disguise myself (will I), and go into the battle! 2 K. 4:43 כֹּה אמר י׳ אָכוֹל וְהוֹתֵר     thus saith Je., Eat (shall ye) and leave over!

(c) So in other cases where the action in itself, apart from its circumstances, is to be stated, the inf. abs. is sufficient. Is. 20:2 וַיַּלַעשׂ כֵּן הָלֹךְ עָרוֹם וְיָחֵף    he did so, walking naked and barefoot, Is. 5:5. Particularly when the action is first indicated by this. Jer. 9:23 בְּזֹאת יִתְהַלֵּל הַמִּתְהַלֵּל הַשְׂכֵּל וְיָדֹעַ אֹתִי    in this let one glory, in understanding and in knowing me; Is. 58:6 is not this the fast that I like, פַּתֵּחַ חַרְצֻבּוֹת רֶשַׁע    to loose the bonds of wickedness, &c. (three inf., cf. v. 7). Gen. 17:10; Deu. 15:2, Is. 37:30, Zech. 14:12.

Rem. 1. Exx. of a. After perf., 1 S. 2:27, 28, Hos. 10:4, Jer. 19:13; 22:14, Hag. 1:6, Zech. 3:4; 7:5, 1 Chr. 5:20, 2 Chr. 28:19, Ecc. 4:1, 2; 9:11, Est. 9:6, 12, 16, cf. 17, Dan. 9:5. — After impf., Jer. 32:44; 36:23. With אוֹ    or, Lev. 25:14, Nu. 30:3, Deu. 14:21. — After vav impf., Gen. 41:43, Ex. 8:11, Jer. 37:21, 1 Chr. 16:36, Neh. 8:8. — Vav perf., Zech. 12:10 — Inf., 1 S. 22:13, Jer. 7:18, cf. 32:33. — Ptcp., Hab. 2:15, Est. 8:8.

Rem. 2. Exx. of b. Inf. abs. as imper., Ex. 12:48; 13:3, Deu. 1:16; 5:12; 31:26, Jos. 1:13, 2 K. 3:16, Zech. 6:10. So. הָלוֹךְ    go! 2 S. 24:12, 2 K. 5:10, and often in Jer., 2:2; 3:12, &c. Is. 14:31? ( נָמוֹג    inf. abs.). — Of prevailing conduct or condition, Is. 21:5; 22:13; 59:4, 13, Jer. 7:9; 8:15; 14:19, Ez. 21:31, Hag. 1:9. — Exx. of c, Jer. 3:1 ( ושׁוב    ), Ez. 23:30, 46, Job 40:2, Pr. 17:12; 25:4, 5.

Rem. 3. Like inf. cons. (§ 96), inf. abs. when used for finite may be continued by fin. form, Is. 42:22; 58:6.

Rem. 4. A force akin to that of inf. abs. is sometimes obtained by repeating the verb in another form. Ps. 118:11, Zeph. 2:1; Hab. 1:5, Is. 29:9 (Hos. 4:18). But in some of these places text is doubtful.

Rem. 5. When inf. abs. is used for finite verb the subj.