Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Trevor Peterson <abuian AT access4less.net>]

wattswestmaas wrote:
> What I want to understand is how do you classify this word, a noun or a
> verb. I was originally reading Exodus 34:30 (MiGeSHeT) If one could point me
> to where I can read about this sort of situation in Gesenius then that would
> suffice.  thankyou.  Chris Watts.

It's an infinitive--a verbal noun--specifically an infinitive construct. 
Check par. 45 for a general discussion of the form and par. 66b for a 
specific discussion of I-nun roots (which actually cites your word). 
Par. 114 covers the syntax of the inf. csr.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics