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 is occasionally expressed with it, Deu. 15:2, Lev. 6:7, Nu. 15:35, 1 S. 25:26, Is. 42:22, Ps. 17:5, Job 40:2, Pr. 17:12, Ecc. 4:2, Est. 9:1. Gen. 17:12, 13 make it probable that כל־זכר    v. 10 is subj. and not acc. after pass.

Rem. 6. In § 86 (cf. § 67) and § 87 the inf. abs. is no doubt in acc.; possibly also in § 88, cf. Kor. 2:77

2. The Infinitive Construct

§ 89. The inf. cons. has the qualities both of noun and verb, being used like a gerund, admitting prepp. and suffixes, and yet having the government of its verb. As nomen verbi it does not of itself express tense; the time is either indefinite or suggested by the context and circumstances. It is too little of a noun to take the art., § 19.

§ 90. Cases of inf. cons. itself. — (a) The inf. cons. may be nom. as subject to a nominal sentence, especially when the pred. is “good” or “not good” (§ 84 a), but also otherwise, Gen. 2:18 לֹא טוֹב הֱיוֹת הָֽאָדָם לְבַדּוֹ    man’s being alone is not good; Is. 7:13 הַמְעַט מִכֶּם הַלְאוֹת אֲנָשִׁים    is wearying men too little for you? Gen. 29:19; 30:15, Ex. 14:12, Jud. 9:2; 18:19, 1 S. 15:22; 23:20; 29:6, 2 S. 18:11, Is. 10:7, Mic. 3:1, Ps. 118:9, Pr. 10:23; 13:19; 16:6, 12, 16, and often.

(b) It may be in gen. by a noun or prep. Gen. 2:4 בְּיוֹם עֲשׂוֹת יהוה    in the day of Jehovah`s making; 14:17 אַֽחֲרֵי שׁוּבוֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת     after his returning from smiting. Gen. 2:17; 21:5; 24:30; 29:7, Is. 7:17, Hos. 2:5, 17. Also, though rarely, after an adj. or ptcp. in cons., Is. 56:10, Jer. 13:23, Ps. 127:2, Pr. 30:29. In a few instances כל    all precedes inf. cons., Gen. 30:41, 1 K. 8:52, Ps. 132:1, 1 Chr. 23.31.

(c) It may be in acc. as obj. to an active verb. 1 K. 3:7 לֹא אֵדַע צֵאת וָבֹא    I know not how to go out or come in. Gen. 8:10; Ex. 2:3, Deu. 2:25, 2 K. 19:27, Is. 1:14; 11:9, Jer. 15:15, Am. 3:10, Ps. 101:3. The acc. sign את    occurs before inf. 2 K. 19:27 (Is. 37:28). The inf. cons. with