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9.3.2.1.2.1.9 With

- - - - + - + NUMBER The following three examples are essentially identical to the preceding set, except for the temporal specification being changed from day to year. The first example, however, has different word order because of the numeric expression. In the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomons reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-amp ncfs Pc-afs afp ncfs Pp-vqc ncmpc-np Pp-ncbs- np Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs Pp-ncms np pi3ms Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp-vqc np Pp-np Pc-vqw3msXa Pa-ncms Pp- np + + F - - F ? 4? 8 1 Kgs 6:1 In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs Pc-vqw3msXa np ncms-np Pp- ncms np - - 8 F 4 4 6 + 1 Kgs 22:2 In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell on me there. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs Pp+Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ncms pi1cs vqPms Pp-ncmscX1cs Pc- ampc np vqPmp Pp-ncmpcX1cs Pc- vqw3fs PpX1cs Pd ncfsc np np - -- -- - + + 8 + ; 5 Ezek 8:1 The example in Ezek 8:1 has a clause + , included within the temporal frame, that provides further setting for the event of the main clause. The concurrent nature of the event of this additional clause motivates the use of the participle here. 335

9.3.2.1.2.1.10 With

+ + + + + INFC In one case, immediately following + is an infinitive construct as the verbal element of the dependent clause. On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it with all its furnishings and the altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and consecrated them also. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncms vpc np Pp- vhc Po-Pa-ncms Pc-vqw3ms PoX3ms Pc-vpw3ms PoX3ms Pc- Po-ncmsc-ncmpcX3ms Pc-Po-Pa- ncms Pc-Po-ncmsc-ncmpcX3ms Pc- vqw3msX3mp Pc-vpw3ms PoX3mp 3 +, + ; ; 3 8 Num 7:1

9.3.2.1.2.1.11 With

- - - - In one occurrence, the temporal expression is formed by the preposition prefixed to the ordinal form of the number seven. The fact that only one occurrence is attested is presumably the result of the limited corpus of biblical Hebrew. This potentially could have been a productive pattern for the formation of other temporal expressions using the ordinal form of other numbers as well. At the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a cloud as small as a mans hand is coming up from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.’ ” Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-afs Pc- vqw3ms Pi-ncms afs Pp-ncfs-ncms vqPfs Pp-ncms Pc-vqw3ms vqvms vqvms Pp-np vqvms Pc-vqvms Pc- Pn vqi3msX2ms Pa-ncms - 9 6 ; : ; 8 G ? : 1 Kgs 18:44 336

9.3.2.1.2.1.12 At a Specific Time