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 so Jer. 30:14, 15. So perhaps 1 S. 4:19 אל־הִלָּקַה ··· וּמֵת   , i.e. אשׁר מֵת     ( עַל     ) וְאֶל־     and regarding the fact that he was dead.

Rem. 3. Sometimes, esp. in later style, the inf. with suff. appears used for finite form, Job 9:27 אם אָמְ׳ִר    if I think (my thought be). Jer. 9:5, Zeph. 3:20, Dan. 11:1. Comp. also the consn. Ex. 9:18, 2 S. 19:25.

Rem. 4. The inf. cons. with and is used, particularly in later style, in continuation of a preceding finite or other form (cf. inf. abs. § 88). Several times וְלָתֵת   , Ex. 32:29, Jer. 17:10; 19:12, Dan. 12:11. Originally and in the older passages the inf. stood perhaps under the influence of a will or purpose implicitly contained in preceding clause, but in many case this cannot any more be discovered; the inf. is merely a shorter way of indicating the action. Am. 8:4, Hos. 12:3 (Sep. wants and), 1 S. 8:12, Jer. 44:19, Ez. 13:22, Is. 44:28, Lev. 10:10, 11, Neh. 8:13, Ps. 104:21, Job 34:8, 1 Chr. 6:34; 10:13, 2 Chr. 7:17; 8:13, Ecc. 9:1, Dan. 2:16, 18. In Gen. 42:25 and to restore is under “commanded,” the preceding clause being brachylogy usual with “command.” Prep. omitted 1 Chr. 21:24, cf. 2 S. 24:24.

Rem. 5. Though the pass. inf. is quite common the act. is often used where pass. might be expected. Gen. 4:13, Ex. 19:13, 1 S. 18:19, Is. 18:3, Hos. 10:10, Jer. 6:15; 25:34; 41:4, Hag. 2:15, Ps. 42:4; 67:3, Job 20:4, Ecc. 3:2.

Obs. — In composition, if doubt arise, it is safe to use prep. ל    before inf., as the bare inf. being a noun can be governed properly only by a trans. verb. The prep. must be used: 1. After verbs expressing purpose and verbs of motion, Gen. 2:15, Ex. 3:4. 2. After a nominal sent., pos. or neg., Gen. 2:5; 24:25. 3. After an adj., Gen. 19:20, Is. 5:22 (Job 3:8 a rare exception). 4. After a noun, Hos. 8:11; 10:12, Is. 5:22, unless the inf. be gen., Gen. 29:7. Such verbs, however, as יָכֹל    to be able, מֵאֵן     to refuse, are trans. in Heb. and may take bare inf., Deu. 1:9, Hos. 8:5, Is. 1:13, Nu. 22:14, Jer. 3:3; so נִלְאָה    to be weary, Is. 1:14, Jer. 15:6.