AN INTRODUCTION RAMAIC OF TARGUM by Thomas O. Lambdir revised by John Huehnergard Department of Near Eastern Languages an Harvard University Cambridge, Mass.ey 12 13 14 21 3.1 32 4.1 42 S.A 61 1 12 81 8.2 83 9.1 92 93 94 10.1 10.2 ia a2 113 12.1 12.2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents, ‘The Dialects of Aramaic... Orthography and Phonology Noun Gender Noun Definition. The Perfect of the G Verb (third person) The Preposition > la- ‘The G Perfect: full inflection. ‘The Direct Object Marker: P yat with Pronominal Suffixes. ‘The conjunction} wa- Prepositions with Pronominal Suffixes Relative Clauses. G Perfects in ¢ and o. The Singular Noun with Pronominal Suffixes. ‘The Demonstrative Pronouns ..... eee z ‘iS batar and other Prepositions with (Plural) Pronominal Suffixes... Noun Plurals. = 20 Plural Nouns with Prouuminal Suffixes 21 The Plurals of the Demonstratives, oo ‘The Genitive (Construct) Chain.. 23 Expression of the Genitive with 7 da- 23 The Form of the Construct Singular... 24 Anticipatory Genitive Construction 24 The G Perfect: Roots II-Weak Sentences with Adverbial Predicate... ‘The G Perfect: Hollow and Geminate Roots 29 Stative Hollow Roots. 29 Temporal Clauses with Tin} wa-hvvah.. 29 The Infinitive of G Verb: 32, Uses of the Infinitive ...... 233