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    1. The passage discusses stative verbs in Biblical Hebrew. Stative verbs denote a state of being rather than an action. They are characterized by the vowel pattern pi'el and are represented in English by forms like "can/could". 2. The first example sentence uses the stative verb "to be righteous" in the pi'el conjugation, represented in English as "can be". 3. The passage provides several example sentences from the Bible that use stative verbs and analyzes the first one to illustrate stative verb usage.

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    1. The passage discusses stative verbs in Biblical Hebrew. Stative verbs denote a state of being rather than an action. They are characterized by the vowel pattern pi'el and are represented in English by forms like "can/could". 2. The first example sentence uses the stative verb "to be righteous" in the pi'el conjugation, represented in English as "can be". 3. The passage provides several example sentences from the Bible that use stative verbs and analyzes the first one to illustrate stative verb usage.

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    1. The passage discusses stative verbs in Biblical Hebrew. Stative verbs denote a state of being rather than an action. They are characterized by the vowel pattern pi'el and are represented in English by forms like "can/could". 2. The first example sentence uses the stative verb "to be righteous" in the pi'el conjugation, represented in English as "can be". 3. The passage provides several example sentences from the Bible that use stative verbs and analyzes the first one to illustrate stative verb usage.

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    Extract from J. F. A. Sawyers A Modern Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

    (slightly
    CHAPTER XV.

    reduced in

    size)
    STATTVE VERBS:

    PR.EIœITlOOS. ADVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS. 1 ~ &dquo;TO BE OLD&dquo;, ETC.

    EXAMPLES

    1.

    living can be righteous before you (Ps. 143:2).


    No
    man

    :in-5D ;11~o5

    piul-95
    Tl~l

    .~

    2.

    So he went down to

    Egypt

    to
    was

    dwell
    severe

    D~ 1115 nni-lyn
    in

    .~

    there because the famine the land (Gen.


    3.

    :V&dquo;~ 3y-ln 71J?J

    12:10).

    The Lord your God has chosen him from


    all your tribes

    q>fi5M
    IDM 73

    (Deut. 18:5).
    over

    in.-~ ia .1 :j>gQf~5gn
    ~B~
    inN
    KTFr~
    .7

    4.

    Do not fear him because tomorrow I shall hand him


    to

    you

    ~?

    :),3N
    .n

    (Josh. 11:6).
    S.
    And David
    too

    rejoiced (I Chr. 29:9).


    to

    very

    greatly

    6.

    Abraham

    spoke (Gen 18:29).

    him

    again

    nhob ticb 71g D~l :nQ173 ,1y qoi*l n175 npjlm


    :t~

    .1

    ANALYSIS 1.

    j7~~~

    is &dquo;ms PC of the stative verb

    177!1

    &dquo;to be

    righteous&dquo;.

    In

    this sentence PC

    represented

    in

    points to a timeless idea or concept English by &dquo;can/could&dquo; (XII. 4).


    a

    and may be

    Stative ver.bs denote


    than
    an

    state

    of mind

    or

    action.
    -a-:

    They

    are

    characterized in

    disposition, rather the Prefix Conjugation


    &dquo;she loves&dquo;;

    by

    the vowel

    pt~

    &dquo;he is

    righteous&dquo;; 3~<R

    -Yn5~

    &dquo;we shall learn&dquo;.

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