Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Allative case
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Hebrew== In Biblical Hebrew (more common in Classical Biblical Hebrew than in Late Biblical Hebrew)<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Joosten |first=Jan |date=2005 |title=The Distinction Between Classical and Late Biblical Hebrew as Reflected in Syntax |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27913754 |journal=Hebrew Studies |volume=46 |pages=337 |jstor=27913754 |issn=0146-4094}}</ref> the "directional ''[[He (letter)|he]]''", "locative ''he''" or ''he locale'',<ref><!-- The 3 names are mentioned in: -->{{Cite journal |last=Meier |first=Samuel A. |date=1991 |title=Linguistic Clues on the Date and Canaanite Origin of Genesis 2:23-24 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43718217 |journal=The Catholic Biblical Quarterly |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=20 |jstor=43718217 |issn=0008-7912}}</ref> in the form of {{Script/Hebrew|ึพึธื}} /-ษh/ suffixed to nouns (often place names) also functions as an allative marker, usually translated as 'to' or 'toward'.<ref>Waltke, Bruce, and Michael O'Connor, ''Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax'' (Winonana Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1990), 185-86.</ref> The directional ''he'' appears in later phases of the Hebrew language in expressions such as {{Script/Hebrew|{{wikt-lang|he|ืืขืื}}}} (upwards) and {{Script/Hebrew|{{wikt-lang|he|ืืืืชื}}}} (homeward).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Joosten |first=Jan |date=2005 |title=The Distinction Between Classical and Late Biblical Hebrew as Reflected in Syntax |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27913754 |journal=Hebrew Studies |volume=46 |pages=337 |jstor=27913754 |issn=0146-4094}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)