Page images
PDF
EPUB

778 thy feed as the ftars of heaven, &c. &c. i. e. I will very greatly blefs and multiply.

Pfa. xl. 1. I waited patiently. Hebr. in waiting I

קוה קויתי .waited

lxviii. 12. The kings of armies did flee apace. Hebr. did flee, did flee, 1777 1777).

cxvii. 18.

Dominus; i. e. vehementer caftigavit me Dominus.

Lament. i. 2.

00, caftigans caftigavit me

12, plorans ploravit; i. e.

vehementer et amare flevit.

Zech. xii. 3. 11, in cutting shall be cut; i. e. fhall be deeply wounded. Newcome's

tranfl.

Ezek. xvii. 10. W

was, shall it not wither

in withering? i. e. utterly wither.

גן לגול

xviii. 18. Fwy puy, in defrauding he hath defrauded: i.e. he hath greatly defrauded. Newcome's tranfl. Cruelly oppreffed. Eng. 1, in spoiling hath spoiled; i. e. hath greatly fpoiled by violence. Newcome's tranfl.

23. Yan Yen, in having pleafure have I pleafure: i. c. have I any pleasure at all?

xxxi. 11. 2, in dealing dealt: i. e. dealt hardly. Newcome's tranfl,

Joel i. 7. navn q, in making bare they have made it bare; i. e. they have made it quite bare. Zephan. i. 2. ON 8, in taking away I will take away; i. e. I will utterly take away.

Deut. vii. 26. Thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou

,שקץ תשקצנו ותעב תתעבנו .fhalt utterly abhor it

in detefting thou fhalt deteft it, and in abhorring thou fhalt abhor it.

In the fame mode certainty is expreffed; Gen. ii. 16, 17; xxvi. 11, 17; Exod. iii. 8; 1 Kings xvi. 25; ix. 7; Habac. ii. 4; Zech. xi. 17; Deut. xvii. 15; Numb. xiv. 18; Pfa. xlix. 7; Ezek. xviij. 9, 17, 19, 28; xxxiii. 13, 15, 16; Hebr. x. 37; Acts vii. 34; Gen. xliii. 7; Jer. xxxi. 20.

SECTION XIII.

By the Particle, signifying in, or, with, prefixed to a Substantive.

2 SAM. vi. 15.

בתרועה ובקול שופר

pan, with fhouting, and with the found of a trumpet: i. e. with great fhouting, and loud founding trumpets. Comp.

ver. 14.

Pfa. xxix. 4. The voice of Jehovah is in power,

, or very powerful. The voice of Jehovah is in majefty, 77, or very majeftic. Cum magnitudine fulgoris; Latin tranfl. of Arabic. Comp. Pfa. civ. 7.

Ifa. xlix. 8. In an acceptable time, in a day of

-in a very favour בעת רצון וביום ישועה .falvation

able time, in a day of great falvation. Read the whole chapter.

,בצדק ובמשפט ובחסד וברחמים .19 .Hofea ii

in juftice, in righteoufnefs, and in kindness, and in tender love. The word at the end being in the plural particularly denotes a great degree. Read from the beginning of the verfe.

20. 8, in faithfulness; i. e. with the ftrictest fidelity.

2 Kings xii. 15. They dealt in faithfulness, ; i. e. with the stricteft fidelity.

[ocr errors]

SECTION XIV.

By an Adjective governing an Ablative Case, with the Particle, signifying in, or, among.

Jofh. xiv. 15. Kirjath-Arba, (the city of Arba,) which Arba was the greatest among the Anakims. Hebrew, a great man Dp among the Anakims.

1 Sam. xvii. 12. Went an old man among men :

i. e. one of the oldeft of men, DWING IPI.

Pfa. xciv. 8. by Dya, ye brutish (most brutish) among the people.

Prov. xxx. 30. A lion ftrong among beasts,

2, the strongest of beafts.

Canticl. i. 8. O thou fair among women,

, fairest of women.

Jerem. xlix. 15. I will make thee small among the

heathen, P, the smallest of the nations.

Luke i. 28. Bleffed art thou among women, εv yuva, thou art the most bleffed of women. Lament. i. 1. Great among the nations,,

.fovereign over provinces,שרתי במדינות

SECTION XV.

By an Adjective governing an Adjective, or
Participle, in the Genitive Case.

EZEK. xxxii. 21. D`, Potentissimi robustorum. Vulg. The strongest of the mighty men. Newcome's tranfl.

Gen. xxiv. 60. 1, in mille decem millium. Vulg. in mille millia. Sept. as xiiadas χιλιαδας pupiadav, an indefinitely great multitude.

שמנים

Ifa. xxv. 6. A feast of fat things, DD, (pinguium; Vulg.) of fat things full of marrow, DDD, (pinguium medullatorum; Vulg.) Lowth's ' transl. a feast of delicacies, of delicacies exquifitely rich.

.participle Hiph. mafc ,מחה from ממחים

plur. See Parkhurft.

Exod. xxvi. 33. Dip wip, holy of holies: i. e. the most holy.

SECTION XVI.

By an Adjective governing a Substantive in the Genitive Case.

2 KINGS x. 6. Tyn 7-8, the great (greatest) of the city.

2 Chron. xxi. 17. P, the little (youngest) of his fons. Sept. xolos. Vulg. minimus natu. Prov. xxx. 24. Four things are little (fmalleft) of

קטני ארץ,the earth

Ifa. xxiii. 8, 9. The honourable (the nobles) of the

,נכבדי ארץ,land

Ezek. xxviii. 7; xxx. 11; xxxi. 12; xxxii. 12. ``y, the terrible (most terrible) of the nations.

SECTION XVII.

By a Substantive governing itself in the Genitive Case, Plural.

GEN. ix. 25. Dy Ty, a fervant of servants; i. e. the most abject of fervants.

Numb. iii. 32. 2 X2, prince of the princes; i. e. chief prince.

הוא אלהי האלהים ואדני האדנים .17 .IDeut. x Jehovah יהוה אלהיכם

[ocr errors]

your God he is God of gods,

and Lord of Lords; i. e. the Supreme God and Lord.

« EelmineJätka »