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The H.A.L.O.T lexicon sees this as a construct.  It reads "on the construct 
state before the preposition see Gesenius-Kautzsch Gramm. $130a and 
Brockelmann Heb Syn $ 99a.

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Kelton Graham 
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> Gn 24:21 
> 
> Second word: M$T)H ----------- is it absolute or construct? 
> 
> I'm putting this question because usually Participles hithpa'el ending in 
> heh take, for the absolute, a segol and not tsere under the consonant 
> placed 
> before the heh, as it can be seen in Ps 37:35; Pr 18:9 and so on. 
> 
> Now, a Hebrew Bible program I have tells it is in construct. 
> What do you think? 
> 
> Pere Porta 
> Barcelona (Spain) 
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James,

While discussing al this fancy stuff it is good, methinks, to keep in  
mind that )AB, 'father', like (AB, 'cloud', like )AP, 'nose' is  
essentially, 'heavy, thick, massive' .

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Oct 14, 2007, at 6:28 AM, biblical hebrew wrote:

> 1) We can say that Abraham was Isaac's 'father'  or  Isaac's  )B
> 2) We can say that Abraham was Jacob's )B but not that he was his  
> 'father'
> 3) We can say that Yhwh is our 'father' or )B - note that this is a
> different sense to those above.
> 4) In a spiritual sense we can say that Abraham is the 'father' or ) 
> B of non
> Isrealites who have entered into a friendly covenant relationship  
> with Yhwh