Complement of the Verbal Sentence

Complement of the Verbal Sentence
§ 110. The sent. does not usually consist of mere subj. and pred.; the verbal sent. has usually an obj., and all sentences may have additional elements which are the complements of the two chief parts of the sentence. These complements usually follow the parts, subj. or pred., which they amplify. The order of the verbal sentence is: verb, subj., obj., or complement of the verb. But emphasis may alter this order. Genesis 3:14 ‏עַל־גְּחֹֽנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל‎ on thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat. 1 Samuel 20:8 ‏וְעַד־אָבִיךָ לָמָּה־זֶּה תְבִיאֵנִי‎ but why bring me to thy father? 1 Kings 2:26 ‏עְַנָתֹת לֵךְ‎ to Anathoth with you! Genesis 15:10; Genesis 20:4; Genesis 38:9, Deuteronomy 5:3, Joshua 2:16, Isaiah 6:5, Hosea 5:6, Job 1:12; Job 34:31.
The adverb usually follows the verb, except negatives; and so longer designations of time. But short words of time, like ‏אָז‎ then, ‏עַתָּה‎ now, ‏בְּרֵאשִׁית‎ at first, &c., precede.
§ 111. Out of this principle of emphasis may arise a variety of order, e.g.—
(a) Obj., verb, subj. 1 Samuel 2:19 ‏וּמְעִיל קָטֹן תַּֽעְַשֶׂח־לּוֹ אִמּוֹ‎ and a little robe his mother used to make him. Genesis 42:4, 1 Samuel 17:36, 1 Kings 14:11. And very often when subj. is contained in the verb. Judges 14:3, 2 Kings 22:8, Isaiah 4:1-6. I, Hosea 1:7; Hosea 10:6.
(b) Verb, obj., subj. 1 Samuel 15:33 ‏כַּֽאְַשֶׁר שִׁכְּלָה נָשִׁים חַרְבּלךָ‎ as thy sword has bereaved women. Genesis 21:7, Numbers 19:7, Numbers 19:18, 1 Kings 8:63; 1 Kings 19:10, Isaiah 19:13.
(c) Subj., obj., verb. Isaiah 1:15 ‏יְדֵיכֶם דָּמִים מָלֵֽאוּ‎ This collocation brings the subj. and obj. into very close relation. Judges 17:6 every man what was right in his own sight used to do. Jeremiah 32:4 and his eyes his eyes shall see, cf. Jeremiah 34:3. Isaiah 11:8; Isaiah 32:8.
Rem. 1. Other forms are occasional, as obj., subj., verb. 2 Kings 5:13, Isaiah 5:17; Isaiah 28:17. This order is usual in nominal sent. with participial pred. Genesis 41:9 ‏את־חְַטָאַי אְַנִי מַזְכִּיר‎ my faults I call to remembrance. Genesis 37:16, Judges 9:36; Judges 14:4, 2 Kings 6:22, Jeremiah 1:11.
Rem. 2. Aramaic shows a liking for placing the verb at the end of the clause, the obj. and complement of the verb preceding it, as in c. Daniel 2:16, Daniel 2:18; Daniel 3:16; Daniel 4:15. Cf. inf. Isaiah 49:6. Judges 6:25 :2 Chr. Isaiah 31:7, 10.
Rem. 3. It is a point of style, however, particularly in prophetic and poetic parallelism, to vary the order of words. So even in ordinary prose. Exodus 3:7 ‏רָאִיתִי את־עָנִי ואת־צַֽעְַקָתָם שָׁמַעְתִּי‎... ‏עַמִּי‎, Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 11:8; Isaiah 31:1. Cf. 1 Kings 20:18 the double take them alive.