At a Specific Time

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9.3.2.1.2.1.12 At a Specific Time

Five occurrences are attested of indicating a specific time at which the next event occurred. The first four specify a specific time of day such as midnight, the morning watch, or noon. The fifth uses an expression with an infinitive construct to specify the time of the next event: 5 , at the beginning of their living there. At midnight the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncms Pa-ncms Pc-np vhp3ms ncmsc-ncms Pp-ncbs np Pp-ncms np Pa-vqPms Pp- ncmscX3ms Pp ncms Pa-ncms Pr Pp-ncmsc Pa-ncms Pc-ncms ncms ncfs Pc-vqw3ms np ncms pi3ms Pc-ncmsc-ncmpcX3ms Pc-ncmsc- np Pc-vqw3fsXa ncfs afs Pp-np Pp- Pd ncms Pr Pd-Pd vqPms + , ; - + ; 8 + + ;C 5 8 Exod 12:29-30 In the middle of the night, the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncms Pa- ncms Pc-vqw3ms Pa-ncms Pc- vnw3ms Pc-Pi ncfs vqPfs ncfpcX3ms : , 8 ?G - , Ruth 3:8 337 At the morning watch, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncfsc Pa-ncms Pc-vhw3msXa np Pp-ncbsc np Pp- ncms ncbs Pc-ncms Pc-vqw3ms Po ncbsc np 9 3 8 Exod 14:24 At noon, Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.” Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncmp Pc- vpw3ms PpX3mp np Pc-vqw3ms vqvmp Pp-ncms-ams Pp-ncmp pi3ms Pp ncms Pc-Pp-ncms PpX3ms Pc-Pp-ncbs PpX3ms Pd ams pi3ms Pc-vqp3ms{2} 2J 5 ? : +G + ; ; C F F 80 ; 4 1 Kgs 18:27 At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncfsc vqcX3mp Pd Pn vqp3cp Po-np Pc-vpw3ms np PpX3mp Po-Pa-ncmp Pc-vqw3mp vqPmp PpX3mp 5 , ? + , 8 C 2 Kgs 17:25

9.3.2.1.2.1.13 With