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 פֹּֽעֲלֵי אָוֶן is usually anarthrous (Ps. 125:5 Art.). And certain terms are used with a kind of technical brevity, e.g. נְּבוּל boundary, Jos. 13:23, breadth, &c. (in measurements), 2 Chr. 3:3. So “gate,” “court,” &c. (§ 32, R. 2). Cf. Mal. 1:10, 11.

Rem. 4. In later writings particularly the Art. is used like a rel. pron., as subj. or obj. to a verb and with prep. Jos. 10:24, 1 Chr. 26, 28; 29, 8:17, 2 Chr. 1:4 (older usage Jud. 5:27, Ru. 1:16), 29:36, Ezr. 8:25; 10:14, 17 (Jud. 13:8 might be ptcp. without m.). Ez. 26:17 also as accented is perf.

The art. with ptcp. is usual (§ 99), and a number of cases accented as perf. of ע׳ו verbs are certainly fem. ptcp., however the accentuation is to be explained, e.g. Gen. 18:21 their cry הַבָּֽאָה which is come; 46:27, Is. 51:10, Ru. 1:22; 4:3. Gen. 21:3 הנּולַד־לוֹ is ptcp. 1 K. 11:9, Is. 56:3 are also probably ptcps., and should be so pointed, unless the pointing is to be explained as following the type of ל׳א verb, cf. 1 K. 17:14 תִּכְלָה. Dan. 8:1 being late is doubtful. 1 S. 9:24 for הֶֽעָלֶיהָ that which is upon it, rd. probably הָֽאַלְיָה the (fat) tail (Hitz. הַֽעֲליה as imp. hiph.?). Jos. 10:24 is anomalous in spelling, and possibly should be read הַהֹֽלְכִים. — Ar. occasionally joins Art. to finite verb, the ass alyujadda˓u which has its ears cut off. Of course it is said that Art. is for alladhi the rel.

THE GENITIVE. CONSTRUCT

§ S.23. In the compound expression formed by the Gen. and the preceding cons. state, as בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ the son of the king, the first word is hurriedly passed over, and consequently shortened where possible (Gr. § 17), and the accent falls on the last half of the expression. The first half of the expression is called in Oriental grammar the annexed, the second half that to which annexion is made, and the relation between them annexion.

The gen. may be a noun (subst. or adj.), a pronoun, or a clause. The cons. must be a noun (subst. or adj.). The use