Indefinite Numerical Construct Phrases in Biblical Hebrew

In both Biblical and Modern Hebrew, many of the cardinal numbers have different forms for the absolute and construct states (e.g. vs. ).The construct form is used in complex numbers, as in ‘three thousand', and as syntactic heads in definite construct phrases, as in . This paper focuses on a...

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Authors: Moshavi, Adina Mosak (Author) ; Rothstein, Susan Deborah (Author)
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Published: Oxford University Press [2018]
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-123
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