§ 157. Object-Clauses (Oratio Obliqua).
Examples:—
(a) Object-clauses without a conjunction. Besides the passages mentioned in § 120 (especially under e) there are a number of examples, in which a clause depending on a verbum dicendi or sentiendi (the oratio obliqua of the Latin and English Grammar) is added in the form of an independent noun- clause or verbal-clause; e. g. Gn 12:13T.a+' ytixoña] an"-yrIm.ai say, I pray thee, thou art my sister;y Ps 10:13, Jb 25:8a, 14, Neh 6:6; Zc 8:23(after[m;v' );y Ps 9:21 (after[d;y" ); verbal-clauses, e. g.y Ps 50:2l thou thoughtest^Amñk' hy<h.a,-tAy*h/ I was surely like thyself [but readAyh' fortAyh/ ]; Gn 41:15, Ju 9:48 what ye have seen me do; Is 48:8, Ho 7:2.
(b) Object-clauses introduced by b
yKi , e. g. Gn 6:5~d'a'h' t[;r' hB'r; yKi hA'hy> ar>Y:w: and the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great, &c. — Direct narration also is very frequently introduced byyKi (analogous to theo[ti recitativum; frequently, indeed, with the secondary idea of a particle of asseveration, as in Gn 26:9, 27:20), e. g. Gn 21:30, 22:16 f., 26:22, 29:32, 37:35, Jos 2:24, &c., even when the direct narration is not expressly indicated, Gn 4:25, 32:31, 41:51 f., Ex 18:4. — On the expression of a second object by means of a clause introduced byyKi , see § 117 h.2
(c) Object-clauses introduced by c
rv,a] , e. g. Est 3:4aWh-rv,a] ~h,l' dtGIhi-yKi ydIWhy> for he had told them that he was a Jew; 1 S 18:15, Ez 20:26, Ec 8:12, 3 even before direct narration, 1 S 15:20, 2 S 1:4 Somewhat frequentlyrv.a] is preceded by the nota accusativi-ta, (equivalent to the circumstance, the fact, that), e. g. Jos 2:10, 1 S 24:11, 19, 2 S 11:20, Is 38:3, but in Gn 30:29, Dt 29:15 equivalent to the way in which.
Footnotes:
2[2] Instead of a complete objective clause we sometimes find a kind of accusative and infinitive construction, especially after
3[3] In Jer 28:9 a subject-clause is thus introduced by