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1
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Does the Infinitive Absolute appear with prepositions and suffixes?

A

No

2
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What are the four most common uses for the Infinitive Absolute?

A
  1. Emphatic
  2. Imperatival
  3. Simultaneous
  4. Complementary
3
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How is the Emphatic use of the Infinitive used? What is the syntactical clues? How should it be translated?

A
  1. Infinitive Absolute of the same root will immediately precede (almost always) a perfect/imperfect
  2. Highlights the certainty of the action
  3. indeed, surely, certainly (or something to that effect)
4
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How is the Imperatival use of the Infinitive used? What is the syntactical clues? How should it be translated?

A
  1. Stands by itself

2. Functions as an imperative

5
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How is the simultaneous use of the Infinitive used? What is the syntactical clues? How should it be translated?

A
  1. two infinitive absolutes used with a perfect/imperfect
  2. expresses two simultaneous verbal actions
  3. -ing
6
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How is the Complementary use of the Infinitive used? What is the syntactical clues? How should it be translated?

A
  1. carries the temporal value of a main verb

2. translate like a perfect or imperfect

7
Q

Note: Alternatively the particles (יֵשׁ) (אַ֫יִן) may expresses what?

A

1 possession or lack thereof

2. existence of something or someone or lack thereof