Excerpt from English and Hebrew Lexicon: To Which Is Added a Selection of Proper Names Occurring in Scripture and in the Rabbinical Writings As the Hebrew verbs differ materially in their government from other languages, the various constructions of which they are susceptible have been carefully pointed out, as well as the prepositions required after them - to this point the strict attention of the student must be directed; for very frequently the signification of a verb is wholly changed by its combination with the accusative ms. The dative Q the ah lative 3; nay, very often another preposition gives the verb an opposite meaning; e. G. The verb was with 58 signifies to approach, whilst with '2 it implies to go away. Is. All the ancient, and most of the modern grammarians, have considered the third person singular, masculine gender, as the root of the verb; e. G. Which signifies he has learned this form is, however, too complex, and can only tend to mislead the student. The author has adopted the plan of Ben Seeb (which has been followed by Professor Hur witz) of putting the infinitive as the radix. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.