[b-hebrew] Infinitive Construct.
wattswestmaas
wattswestmaas at eircom.net
Fri May 21 09:30:22 EDT 2004
Dear members,
Could someone please add to my understanding of the purpose of the
infinitive construct. The deffinitions of the Inf.construct are clearly
laid out before me - but alas, what can I say?
It does appear that in a lot of the instances where an infinitive construct
is used the Absolute would be just as correct (or is this to much leaning
towards modern hebrew usage)?
Also I am somewhat confused by the fact that some things are listed as inf
construct and it first appeared as an inf absolute to me (ie a construct
with a lamed prefixed)???
Is the primary purpose of the Inf.constuct in that it is a free-flowing verb
form (ie, is not limited by gender and number) that MAY take prefixes and
therefore grant more flexibilty to the writer.
I am aware that I may not be asking the right questions in order to arrive
at a good understanding so please feel free to deviate. I am still what one
would call 'A proffessional Amateur' concerning the deep end of Grammar.
Thankyou all, Chris.
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