[a] 1. The imperative,[1] which, according to § 46, is restricted to the 2nd pers. sing. and plur., and to positive commands, &c., may stand either alone, or in simple co-ordination (as in 1 K 18, Is 56, 65) with other imperatives:
(a) To express real commands, e.g. Gn 12 get thee out of thy country; or (like the jussive) mere admonitions (Ho 10) and requests, 2 K 5, Is 5; on the addition of נָא see below, Rem. 1. The imperative is used in the sense of an ironical challenge (often including a threat) in 1 K 2 ask for him the kingdom also; 22:15, Ju 10, Is 47 (with נָא), Jer 7, Ez 20, Am 4, Jb 38f., 40:10ff., La 4. The imperative has a concessive sense in Na 3 (though thou make thyself many, &c.), and in the cases discussed under f, e.g. Is 8 f., 29:9.
[b] (b) To express permission, e.g. 2 S 18 after previous dissuasion, (then) run (as far as I am concerned)! Is 21, 45.
[c] (c) To express a distinct assurance (like our expression, thou shalt have it)[2] or promise, e.g. Is 65 but be ye glad, &c. (i.e. ye will have continually occasion to be glad); and Is 37, ψ 110; in a threat, Jer 2. So especially in commands, the fulfilment of which is altogether out of the power of the person addressed, e.g. Is 54 be far from anxiety (meaning, thou needst not fear any more); Gn 1, &c. (for other examples, such as 1 K 22, 2 K 5, see below, f). Most clearly in the case of the imperative Niphʿal with a passive meaning, e.g. Gn 42 וְאַתֶּם הֵאָֽסְרוּ and ye shall be bound; Dt 32, Is 49 (Is 45, see below, f).
[d] Rem. 1. The particle נָא age! (§ 105) is frequently added to the imperative, as to the jussive, sometimes to soften down a command, or to make a request in a more courteous form (see above, a), Gn 12, 24, sometimes to strengthen an exhortation uttered as a rebuke or threat (Nu 16, 20) or in ridicule (Is 47).
[e] 2. The imperative after the desiderative particle לוּ Gn 23 (at the end of verses 5 and 14 also read לוּ for לוֹ and join it to the following imperative) is due to an anacoluthon. Instead of the imperfect which would be expected here after לוּ, the more forcible imperative is used in a new sentence.
[f] 2. The imperative in logical dependence upon a preceding imperative, jussive (or cohortative), or an interrogative sentence, serves to
