Williams' Hebrew Grammar, P518-555
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| Bring it to me [in order that] (I may eat) (ואֹכֵלָה), [in order that] (YHWH's glory appear to you) (וְיֵרָא) | Purpose clause with וְ and the jussive or cohortative | |
| And how can I atone [in order that] (you bless) (וּבָרְכוּ) YHWH's inheritance?, Turn to me [in order that] (you be saved!) (וְהִוָּשׁעוּ) | Purpose clause with וְ and the imperative | |
| Ahab went up [in order to] (eat) and (to drink) (לֶאֱכֹל וְלִשְׁתּוֹת), [in order] (to rescue him) (לְמַעַן הַצִּיל אֹתוֹ) | Purpose with לְ or לְמַאַן and an infinitive construct | |
| We will obey [in order that] (it go well with us) (לְמַאַן יִיטַב לָנוּ), Say that you are my sister [in order that] (it go well with me) (לְמַאַן יִיטַב לִי) | Purpose clause with לְמַאַן and the imperfect | |
| Bring it to me...[in order that] (my soul may bless you) (בַּעֲבוּר תְּבָרֶכְךָ) , [in order that] (it be a witness for me) (בַּעֲבוּר תִּהְיֶה) | Purpose clause with בַּעֲבוּר and the imperfect | |
| I caused you to stand, [in order] (to make you see my power) (בַּעֲבוּר הַרְאֹתְךָ), [in order] (to spy out the city) (בַּעֲבוּר חֲקוֹר) | Purpose with בַּעֲבוּר/לְבַעֲבוּר and an infinitive construct | |
| You will keep his statutes...[in order that] (it go well with you) (אֲשֶׁר יִיטַב), I will begin to make you great...[in order that] (they know) (אֲשֶׁר יֵדְעוּן) | Purpose clause with אֲשֶׁר | |
| God has come...[in order that] (you) [not] (sin) (לְבִלְתִּי תֶחֱטאוּ), [in order that] (anyone who found him) [not] (strike him) (לְבִלְתִּי הַכּוֹת אֹתוֹ כָּל מֹצְאוֹ), [in order that] (they) [not] (stray) (לְמַאַן לֹא יִתְעוּ) | Negative purpose (in order that not) | |
| They stoned him with stones [with the result that] (he died) (וַיָּמֹת) | Result clause with the waw consecutive or simple waw | |
| He gave some of his offspring to Molech, [thereby] (defiling my sanctuary) (לְמַאַן טַמֵּא) | Result with לְ or לְמַאַן and an infinitive construct | |
| But as for Aaron, what is he [with the result that] (you grumble at him?) (כִּי תַלִּינוֶּ), [with the result that] (אֲשֶׁר) (no one like you has existed before you) | Result clause with שַׁ, אֲשֶׁר, כִּי | |
| I have ventured to speak to the Lord, [although] (I am dust and ashes) (וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר), How can you say, "I love you," [although] (your heart is not with me?(וְלִבְּךָ אֵין אִתִּי) | Concessive circumstantial clause (subject before the verb and often with the conjunction וְ prefixed to the subject) | |
| [although] (I am in the right) (אִם צָדַקְתִּי), I cannot answer, [although] (you were small in your eyes,) (אִם קָטֹן אַתָּה בְּעֵינֶיךָ) you became head of the tribes of Israel | Concessive clause with אִם | |
| [even though] (גַּם כִּי) (I walk in a very dark valley) , [although] (כִּי) (Babylon should climb into the skies), they tested me, [although] (גַּם) (they saw my work) | Concessive clause with גַּם כִּי, כִּי, גַּם | |
| Darkness is on my eyelids, [although] (עַל) (there is no violence in my hands), [although] (עַל) (he did no violence) | Concessive clause with עַל | |
| [although] (she spoke to Joseph day after day,) (כְּדַבְּרָהּ) he did not listen to her | Concessive with כְּ and an infinitive construct | |
| I have decided to put an end to every creature, [because] (כִּי) (the earth is full of violence), They brought them [because] (אֲשֶׁר) (the people spared...), [because] (שֶׁרֹּשִׁי) (my head drenched with dew) | A causal clause can begin with שַׁ, אֲשֶׁר, כִּי | |
| [because] (the women of Zion are proud), Stream of water run down my eyes [because] (they do not keep your law), [because] (YHWH was with him), [because] (you did not obey), etc. etc. | A causal clause can begin with 5,000,000 different things (see Williams p.189-190) | |
| [because] (you sold yourself to do evil) (יַעַן הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ לַעֲשוֹת הָרַע), [because] (they sell the righteous for silver) (עַל מִכְרָם), [because] (you abandoned the commandments of YHWH) (בַּעֲקָבְכֶם), [because] (of his fear of him) (מִיּרְאָתוֹ) | A cause can be expressed with an infinitive construct | |
| The nations sank...in a net [that] (זוּ) (they hid), a people [whom] (זוּ) (I formed for myself) | Relative clause with זֶה/זוֹ/זוּ | |
| the purple robes [that] (שֶׁעַל) (were on the kings of Midian), all of the labour [that] (I laboured) (שֶׁעָמַלְתִּי) under the sun | Relative clause with שֶׁ | |
| The place (on) [which] (אֲשֶׁר) (you are standing) is holy ground | Relative clause with אֲשֶׁר | |
| but to the king of Judah [who sent] (הַשֹּׁלֵחַ) (you), a storm wind [that was coming] (בָּאָה) (from the north) | Relative clause with a participle (relative clause can begin with a participle and usually has the article) | |
| the God of Israel [who had appeared] (הַנִּרְאָה) (to him), men [who had married] (הַהֹשִׁיבוּ) (foreign women) | Relative clause with the article on a finite verb (most occurrences seem to be with perfect verbs in Chronicles and Ezra) | |
| the rock (in which they sought refuge) (צוּר חָסָיוּ בוֹ), the path (in which they should walk) (אֶת הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵלְכוּ בָהּ) | Relative clause with no marker (simply juxtaposed to another clause) | |
| (Will you go with this man?) (...הֲ), (Am I in God's place?) (...הֲ) | Direct question with the interrogative particle הֲ | |
| He said, "(Do you come in peace?)" (וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁלֹם בּוֹאֶךָ), (Shall I go to my house?) (וַאֲנּי אָבוֹא אֶל בֵּיתִי) | Direct question without any marker (may have nothing other than the context to indicate that it is a question) | |
| to find out [whether] (הֲיִשְׁכֶם) (you love YHWH), Go, inquire...[whether] (אִם) (I will recover from this illness) | Indirect question with הֲ or אִם | |
| Examine it to see [whether] (הַכְּתֹנֶת) (it is your son's tunic) [or] (not), [whether] (הֶחָזָק) (it is strong) [or] (weak) | Disjunctive question with הֲ אִם/וְאִם/הֲ/אוֹ | |
| [Let me set] (a king over myself!) (אָשִימָה), [May] (YHWH) [establish] (יָקֵם) (his word!) | Desire clause with the jussive or cohortative (let) | |
| [would that] (מִי יִתֵּן) (you would hide me in Sheol!) , [would that] (מִי יִתֵּן) (all YHWH's people were prophets!), [if only] (מִי יַשְׁקֵנִי) (someone would give me a drink of water!) | Desire clause with מִי יִתֵּן (if only, oh that, would that) | |
| [if only] (לוּ) (my grief could be weighted out!), [if only] (לוּ) (we had been willing to swell beyond the Jordan!), [if only] (לוּ) (there were a sword in my hand!) | Desire clause with לוּ (if only) | |
| [if only] (אַחֲלֵי) (my master were with the prophet!), [if only] (אַחֲלַי) (my ways would be established!) | Desire clause with אַחֲלַי/אַחֲלֵי (if only) | |
| [if only] (אִם) (you would kill the wicked, O God!) | Desire clause with אִם (if only) | |
| [May] (this heap) [be a witness!] (literally, "witness the heap the this"), [May] (my son) [be blessed] (by YHWH!) (literally, "blessed my son by YHWH), [Let YHWH have] (a festival tomorrow!) (literally, "festival to YHWH tomorrow) | Verbless desire clause (may it be!) | |
| Your name will no longer be called Abram, [but] (וְהָיָה) (your name will be Abraham), You did not ask for the life of your enemies, [but] (וְשָׁאַלְתָּ) (you asked for yourself understanding) | Adversative clause with וְ | |
| [But] (וְאוּלָם) (for this reason I caused you to stand), All which a man has he will give for his life, [but] (אוּלָם) (stretch out your hand...) | Adversative clause with וְאוּלָם/אוּלָם | |
| [But] (אֲבָל) (David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim) | Adversative clause with אֲבָל | |
| I am not (לֹא) a prophet...[but] (כִּי) (I am a herdsman), They said, "No! (לֹא) [But] (כִּי אִם) (a king will be over us!") | Adversative clause with כִּי אִם/כִּי after a negative |
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