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 a prep. 1 S. 19:1 לְהָמִית אֶת־דָּוִד    to kill David; Deu. 10:15 לְאַֽהֲבָה אֹתָם    to love them; Nu. 22:11 לְהִלָּחֶם בּוֹ    to fight with him. Gen. 2:4, Deu. 2:7, 1 K. 12:15; 15:4, Gen. 19:16, Deu. 30:20, Is. 7:1. The inf. may take two acc. like its verb, Gen. 41:39, Deu. 26:19, Jos. 10:20.

(c) When subj. and obj. are both expressed the usual order is: inf., subj., obj. Gen. 41:39 אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹדִיעַ א׳ אֹֽתְךָ    after God’s showing thee; Hos. 3:1 כְּאַֽהֲבַת י׳ אֶת־בְּנֵי ישׂ׳    ''as Je. loveth the children of Israel''; and with pron. as subj. Gen. 39:18 כַּֽהֲרִימִי קוֹלִי    when I lifted up my voice. Gen. 11:11, 13; 13:10; 24:30; 39:19, 1 K. 11:24; 13:23, 31, Is. 10:15, Am. 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 13, &c.

Rem. 1. The subj., especially when a pron., is often omitted: (a) when clear from the context, Gen. 24:30 כִּרְיאֹת    when he saw; 19:29, Deu. 4:21, 1 K. 20:12, Ez. 8:6. (b) When general and indeterminate, Gen. 33:10 כִּרְאֹת    as one sees; Jud. 14:6, 1 S. 2:13; 18:19, 2 S. 3:34; 7:29, Is. 7:22; 10:14. — Gen. 25:26, Ex. 27:7; 30:12, Nu. 9:15; 10:7, Zeph. 2:2, Zech. 13:9, Ps. 42:4 with v. 11, Job 13:9; 20:4. The obj. is also often omitted, when a pron., in the same circumstances. § 73, R. 5.

Rem. 2. The subj. is probably nom. in some cases where it is not separated from inf. (a above), e.g. when ל    of inf. has pretonic qameç; 2 S. 19:20 לָשׂוּם הַמֶּלֶךְ     with Gen. 16:3 לְשֶׁבֶת אַבְרָם    , 1 K. 6:1, Job 37:7. The inf. hiph. of ע׳ו    verbs is never shortened except with suff. (Gen. 39:18 in c above), e.g. Is. 10:15 כְּהָנִיף שֵׁבֶט   , 14:3 בְּיוֹם הָנִיחַ י׳     , 2 S. 17:14, Ps. 46:3.

Rem. 3. The obj. of inf. when a noun is probably acc. and not gen. objecti. When inf. has suff. this is clear, Gen. 39:18, Deu. 9:28. Also the particle את    is frequently expressed, Gen. 14:17; 25:26, Deu. 10:12, 15; 11:22, 1 S. 18:19; 25:2, Zech. 13:9. Cases in which neither of these marks is present are probably to be decided on the same analogy, e.g. Jud. 14:6 כְּשַׁסַּע הַגְּדִי    as one rends a kid, Is. 10:14 as one gathers eggs, 17:5, 1 K. 18:28, Ps. 66:10;