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Ruth 1:12c

For conditional sentences see Gesenius §159.

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldFebruary 23, 2018February 23, 2018Posted inRuth 1 VideosTags:Conditional StatementLeave a comment on Ruth 1:12c

Ruth 1:12b

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldFebruary 1, 2018February 1, 2018Posted inRuth 1 VideosTags:Infinitive Construct, prepositionLeave a comment on Ruth 1:12b

Ruth 1:12a

For a very helpful explanation on the use of the מן preposition, see BDB.

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldJanuary 25, 2018Posted inRuth 1 VideosTags:Perfect, prepositionLeave a comment on Ruth 1:12a

Ruth 1:11d

Other examples of the vav+perfect showing purpose include Gen. 35:5; 1 Sam 25:21; 1 Kings 2:31; 13:3.

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldJanuary 14, 2018January 14, 2018Posted inRuth 1 VideosTags:Agent, preposition, Purpose Clause, vav-consecutive, Verbal ClauseLeave a comment on Ruth 1:11d

New resource . . .

For those who are interested, I added a new resource to my list: Russell Fuller’s recently published intermediate grammar. This is the grammar most of my analysis is based on: grammatical categories, accents, etc. Also, I do plan to make more videos.

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldSeptember 1, 2017Posted inGrammarians' Corner, MiscellaneousTags:Accents, Accusative, Genitive, Nominative3 Comments on New resource . . .

Ruth 1:11c

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldFebruary 7, 2017January 14, 2018Posted inRuth 1 VideosTags:prepositionLeave a comment on Ruth 1:11c

Ruth 1:11b

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldFebruary 3, 2017Posted inRuth 1 VideosTags:prepositionLeave a comment on Ruth 1:11b

Ruth 1:11a

For more on the “missing” dagesh lene, see Gesenius-Kautzsch §21.

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldOctober 28, 2016February 3, 2017Posted inRuth 1 VideosTags:Agent, Dagesh Lene, Verbal Clause, Weak VerbLeave a comment on Ruth 1:11a

Update . . . .

Thank you for your patience. Since my last post my wife and I have moved to a new house and have welcomed two young toddlers into our home. We are currently fostering them with the goal of adoption. Currently my schedule is crazy as I learn to incorporate raising two toddlers. I will start postingContinue reading “Update . . . .”

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldSeptember 15, 2016Posted inMiscellaneousLeave a comment on Update . . . .

Ruth 1:10c

About 1 min. into the video I introduce the “hovering dagesh.” I failed to mention that it represents a doubled consonant. Happy viewing!

Posted byRichard C. McDonaldJuly 13, 2016February 3, 2017Posted inRuth 1 VideosTags:Dagesh Forte, prepositionLeave a comment on Ruth 1:10c

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