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Job 29:3 – Temporal Clause with Infinitive Construct and Preposition
בְּהִלֹּ֣ו נֵ֭רֹו עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝אֹורֹו אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃
When his lamp shone upon my head, by his light I walked through darkness.
Explanation of Feature
In Job 29:3, the phrase בְּהִלֹּ֣ו demonstrates a temporal clause using a preposition + infinitive construct + pronominal suffix. This is a common Biblical Hebrew construction to express “when [someone] did something.”
The preposition בְּ (“in,” “when”) is attached to the infinitive construct of the verb הָלַל (“to shine”)—here in the Hifʿil stem, meaning “to cause to shine.”… Learn Hebrew