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  • From: "Ian Hutchesson" <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: (Off topic) Technical term needed (Thanks)
  • Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 03:54:56 +0100


>> 1. John's dog
>
>> 2. The dog of the house
>
>
>In the first one, it would be "the dog of John," where "dog" is in Hebrew
>the nomen regens and John is the nomen rectum.
>
>In the second it is the same. 'Dog" is the nomen regens (construct state)
>and "house" is the nomen rectum (genitive).


Thanks to Harold for this post, and thanks to all the other people who wrote
to me privately.

Beside "nomen regens", I was also given

1) "head" (as in "head of the genitive phrase");

2) "head noun", and

2) governed noun.


Ian





  • Re: (Off topic) Technical term needed (Thanks), Ian Hutchesson, 03/06/2001

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