Ch. 6: Syntax

Question 1

What are the three (3) inseparable prepositions?

Answer 1

1. בְּ (in, at, with, by, against)
2. כְּ (as, like, according to)
3. לְ (to, toward, for)

Question 2

What are the special uses of the preposition מִן (from, out of)?

Answer 2

1. Comparative use
2. Superlative use
3. Partitive use

Question 3

What are the two ways that the comparative מִן can be used?

Answer 3

1. “than”: instead of the literal “good from gold” translate “better than gold”
2. “too . . . for”: instead of the literal “the work is difficult from the men” translate with a “the work is too difficult for the men”

Question 4

How is מִן (from, out of) used as a superlative?

Answer 4

מִן (from, out of) can be combined with כֹּל (all, each, every) in the formation of מִכֹּל literally “from every”
for example: lit. “clever from every living thing of the field” instead translate “the most clever living thing of the field”

Question 5

How is מִן (from, out of) used as a partitive?

Answer 5

1. Used to express a part of something

2. Ex. Lit. “from a fruit” instead translate “some fruit”

Question 6

in the use of מִן as a comparative. Does the מִן accompany the word that is better or not as good?

Answer 6

1. Not as good
   Ex.
   טוֹבָה חָכְמָה מִזָּהָב
   Wisdom is better than gold