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 Rem. 2. The inf. לַמּוֹט is probably strengthened form of לָמוט Ps. 66:9; 121:3. In 1 K. 10:19 שֶׁבֶת seems a noun, Am. 6:3. Jer. 5:13 הַדִּבֵּר the Art. might be relative, either he who speaks, or that which he speaks (§ 22, R. 4), both little natural. Scarcely more likely, the “He has said” (the phrase they use). Sep. הַדָּבָר.

Rem. 3. In some cases the subj. and pred. are coextensive, and pred. has Art. Gen. 2:11 הוּא הַסֹּבֵב it is that which goeth round. Particularly with ptcps. Gen. 42:6 he was the seller; 45:12, Deu. 3:21; 8:18; 9:3, 2 S. 5:2, 1 Chr. 11:2.

Rem. 4. Certain archaic terms, originally appellatives, have acquired the force of proper names, as שְׁאוֹל hades, תֵּבֵל the inhabited world, תְּהוֹם the primary ocean (plur. with Art. Is. 63:13, of waters of Red Sea, Ps. 106:9), and do not take Art. And so some other terms used in poetry, which greatly dispenses with the Art., as רֹֽזְנִים princes, Ps. 2:2, אֱוֹשׁ man, Ps. 8:5, שָׂדַי field, Ps. 8:8, צַלְמוָת darkness, midnight, Ps. 23:4, תּֽוּשִׁיָּה wisdom, power, Is. 28:29, Job 6:13. Also רְאֵם wild ox, even in a comparison, Ps. 92:11. So the divine names אֱלֹהַּ, שַׁדַּי , עֶלְיוֹן.

§ 20. Words may be determinate in themselves or from construction, and with these the Art. is not used. Words def. of themselves are — (a) Proper names of persons, countries, cities, rivers, &c., as יהוה Jehovah, משֶׁה Moses, מוֹאָב Moab, צֹר Tyre, פְּרָת Euphrates. (b) The personal and other pronouns, Ex. 20:2 אָֽנֹכִי יהרה I am the Lord, Gen. 29:27 שְׁבֻעַ זֹאת the week of this one, 41:28 הוּא הַדָּבָר that is the thing, 3:11 מִי הִגִּיד who told thee? — Words determined by construction are — nouns in the cons. state before a definite gen., whether this gen. be a proper name, a pron. (separate or suffix), a noun defined by Art., or itself a cons. determined by a definite gen. (Gen. 3:24). Ru. 1:3 אִישׁ נָֽעֳמִי the husband of Naomi. Gen. 24:23 בַּת מִי אַתְּ the daughter of whom (whose d.) art thou? 2:25 הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ the man and his wife. 2:19 חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה the beast of