20:7 (15:10 rd. כֻּלְּהֶם קִֽלֲלוּנִי or כֻּלַּהַם?). — In such phrases as 1 S. 4:10 זַיָּנֻסוּ אִישׁ לְאֹֽהָלָיו each is in appos. to subj. in the verb (pl. tents except Jud. 20:8, 2 K. 14:12 K’th.). In prose the plur. verb mostly precedes, but in higher style often follows, Is. 13:8, 14.
Rem. 7. An anticipative pron. sometimes precedes the subj. or obj., which then stands in appos. with the pron.; Ex. 2:6 וַתִּרְאֵהוּ את־הַיֶּלֶד and she saw him, the child, Ez. 10:3 בְּבֹאוֹ הָאִישׁ when he came, the man. Ex. 7:11; 35:5, Lev. 13:57, Josh. 1:2, 1 K. 21:13 (2 K. 16:15), Jer. 31:1, Ez. 3:21; 42:14 (text?); 44:7, Ps. 83:12, Pr. 5:22, Song 3:7, 1 Chr. 5:26; 9:22, Ezr. 3:12; 9:1, Dan. 11:11, 27. — In 1 K. 19:21 Sep. wants “the flesh,” and in Jer. 9:14 “this people.” The usage is common in Aram., and prevails in later style; it appears in Pr. 1–9, 10–22, but not in 25–29.
Rem. 8. When the same word is repeated in appos. intensity of various kinds is expressed; e.g. the superl. of adj., 1 S. 2:3 very proudly, Is. 6:3 most holy, Ecc. 7:24 very deep. With nouns Gen. 14:10, Ex. 8:10, 2 K. 3:16 pits, pits (sheer pits), Jud. 5:22, Jo. 4:14. — With words of time the idea of continuity, constancy, Deu. 14:22 שׁנה שׁנה year by year. Often with prep. ב, Deu. 15:20 שׁנה בְשׁנה, 1 S. 1:7, Nu. 24:1, Jud. 16:20, 2 K. 17:4. Comp. Deu. 2:27 always by the road, 16:20 always right-eousness. Ex. 23:30, Deu. 28:43.
(2) With Numerals the idea of distribution; Gen. 7:2 seven, seven (by sevens), 7:3, 9, 15, Josh. 3:12, Is. 6:2; sometimes with and, 2 S. 21:20, 1 Chr. 20:6. Gen. 32:17 each flock separately; 2 K. 17:29; 25:15.
(3) When words are joined by and the idea of variety is expressed; Deu. 25:13, 14 stone and stone (divers weights), Ps. 12:3, 1 Chr. 12:34, Pr. 20:10. The usage is very common in later style to express respective, various, several, 1 Chr. 28:14 the respective services; v. 15 the several lampstands; v. 16 the various tables. 1 Chr. 26:13, 2 Chr. 8:14; 11:12; 19:5, &c., Ezr. 10:14, Neh. 13:24, Est. 1:8, 22, and often. With כל prefixed, Est. 2:11, 2 Chr. 11:12 (also post-Biblical).
