Hebrew Studies

Modern Hebrew syntax not only reflects the syntax of Mishnaic Hebrew, as frequently suggested by various scholars, but integrates all historical layers of Hebrew syntax, from Biblical Hebrew on. Modern Hebrew syntax is not an artificial creation, namely the consequence of deliberate integration of Biblical and Mishnaic elements, but the natural product of a gradual process, building up through all stages of Hebrew and subject throughout to the influence of foreign languages. This view is tested by following the development and expansion of one Hebrew construction, the Hebrew content clause, widely used in Modern Hebrew.