1 S. 2:23 (Sep. wants), Is. 57:20 (11:9?), Ez. 4:13; 34:12, Hag. 1:4, Ps. 18:18; 92:12. — Is. 17:6 prob. rd. סעפֵי הַפּ׳. (3) Possibly euphony in some cases led to om. of Art. 2 S. 6:3, unless new cart expressed a single idea (cf Mic. 2:7) to which Art. was prefixed. (4) Other exx. Jer. 2:21, where Hitz. suggests that סורֵי הַגפן may = הַסורים לְגפן, 1 S. 15:9 where rd. נִבְזָה וְנִמְאָס (cf. 1 K. 19:11) at any rate. Dan. 8:13; 11:31. So formulas like אלהים חַי, א׳ חַיִּים the living God.
In other cases the adj. is defined and noun without Art. (1) Numerals and similar words like כל, having a certain definiteness of their own, may communicate it to their noun, which then dispenses with Art. Gen. 21:29; 41:26, Nu. 11:25, cf. 2 S. 20:3, Gen. 1:21; 9:10. (2) Certain half-technical terms came to be def. of themselves, as court, gate, entrance, &c (§ 22, R. 4): court 1 K. 7:12, 2 K. 20:4 (K’re), Ez. 40:28, 31 (47:16 text obscure); gate Ez. 9:2, Zech. 14:10 (Neh. 3:6, gate is cons.); entrance Jer. 38:14. So way 1 S. 12:23, Jer. 6:16 (cf. Jud. 21:19); day, particularly with ordinals, Gen. 1:31, Ex. 12:15; 20:10; Deu. 5:14, Lev. 19:6; 22:27; cf. Is. 43:13 מיום = מֵֽהיום. (3) Other exx. 1 S. 6:18; 16:23, 2 S. 12:4, Jer. 6:20; 17:2(Ps. 104:18); 32:14 (text obscure), Zech. 4:7, Neh. 9:35, Ps. 62:4, Ez. 21:19 (text uncertain). 2 K. 20:13 rather as Jer. 6:20 than as Song 7:10 1 S. 19:22 rd. perhaps הַגּׄרֶן (Sep.) for הגדל. (4) With ptcp. Jud. 21:19, Jer. 27:3; 46:16 (Zech. 11:2).
Rem. 3. The usage § 32 (2) goes throughout all stages of the language, Gen. 24:8, Ex. 11:8, Deu. 5:26; 11:18, Josh. 2:14, 20, Jud. 6:14, 1 K. 8:59; 10:8; 22:23, Jer. 31:21, Ezr. 2:65, Neh. 6:14; 7:67, 2 Chr. 18:22; 24:18, Dan. 10:17. — Josh. 2:17 is doubly anomalous (cf. Jud. 16:28). The demons. is without Art. sometimes in the phrase בַּלּילה הוא on that night, Gen. 19:33; 30:16; 32:23, 1 S. 19:10, cf. Ps. 12:8(§ 6, R. 1). 1 S. 2:23 text dubious. — On the other hand 2 K. 1:2; 8:8, 9 rd. חָלְיִ (cf. Jer. 10:19). In 1 S. 17:17 num. may define לחם (1 S. 14:29?). In 1 S. 17:12 text faulty.
The order § 32 (3) may be changed when adj. is em-
