A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference grammar of Biblical Hebrew. The original French edition of 1923 has been revised substantially and expanded in the light of subsequent advances in the fields of Hebrew, both biblical and post-biblical (Mishnaic or Rabbinic), and the cognate languages, especially the Northwest Semitic languages and dialects. Works published in Modern Hebrew have been widely consulted. All the branches of Hebrew grammar are dealt with; phonetics/phonology, morphology, and syntax. Being a reference grammar, it eschews, in the main body of the text, extentive debate, whereas many footnotes interact with divergent views and opinions, and also provide fairly substantial biblio-graphical information. Students of the Old Testament, Hebrew, and Semitic linguistics who have a basic knowledge of Biblical Hebrew grammar will find much useful insight and information here. There is hardly any point of syntax that is not illustrated by references; and in many cases there are provided copious examples with English translation. These references and examples have been considerably increased in comparison with the French original. A full index of passages attached should be found extremely useful. A study of this grammar would further enable students to grapple with more advanced Hebrew grammars such as the incomplete grammars of Bergstrasser and Bauer?Leander, and more technical monographs and articles on Hebrew philology.…