Subject and Object Sentence

Subject and Object Sentence
§ 146. It is usually only clauses containing an infin. that are subject, and mostly to a nominal pred. (§ 90, R. 1). In a few cases a clause introduced by ‏כִּֽי‎, ‏אְַשֶׁר‎ that, is the subj. to a nominal sent., 2 Samuel 18:3, Lamentations 3:27, Ecclesiastes 5:4 (all with pred. good, better).
The object sent. is mostly introduced by ‏כִּי‎ that, and may be nominal or verbal. 1 Samuel 3:8. ‏וַיָּֽבֶן עֵלִי כִּי י׳ קֹרֵא לַנַּעַר‎ and E. perceived that Je. was calling the child, Genesis 3:11; Genesis 6:5.—Genesis 8:11 ‏וַיֵּדַע כִּי קַלּוּ הַמַּיִם‎ knew that the waters were abated; Genesis 15:8; Genesis 16:4; Genesis 29:12; in a long sent. ‏כי‎ repeated, 1 Kings 20:31.—Not so commonly in earlier books, but often in later, ‏אְַשֶׁר‎ that. 1 Samuel 18:15 ‏וַיַּרְא שָׁאוּל אְַשֶׁר הוּא מַשְׂכִּיל מְאֹד‎ and S. saw that he prospered greatly. Exodus 11:7, Deuteronomy 1:31, 1 Kings 22:16, Isaiah 38:7, Jeremiah 28:9, Ezekiel 20:26, Nehemiah 8:14-15, Esther 3:4; Esther 4:11; Esther 6:2, Ecclesiastes 6:10; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ecclesiastes 9:1, Daniel 1:8. Also ‏אֵת אְַשֶׁר‎ the fact, circumstance that, how that. 2 Kings 20:3 ‏זְכָר־נא אֵת אְַשֶׁר הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי‎ remember how that I have walked. 2 Samuel 11:20 ‏הְַלוֹא יְדַעְתֶּם אֵת אְַשֶׁר־יֹרוּ‎ that they would shoot? Deuteronomy 9:7, Joshua 2:10, 1 Samuel 2:22; 1 Samuel 24:19. So ‏את כל אשׁר‎, 1 Kings 19:1 ‏וְאֵת כָּל־אְַשֶׁר הָרַג‎ how all he had slain.
It is common for the logical subj. of the object sent. to be attracted as obj. into the governing clause. Genesis 49:15 ‏וַיַּרְא מְנֻחָה כִּי טוֹב‎ he saw rest that it was good (that rest was). 1 Kings 5:3 ‏יָדַעְתָּ אֶת־דָּוִד אָבִי כִּי לֹא יָכֹל‎ that my father D. was unable. Genesis 31:5, Exodus 2:2, 2 Samuel 17:8. Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:31, Numbers 32:23.
Rem. 1. After the verb say, &c., the words of the speaker are often quoted directly. Genesis 12:12 ‏וְאָֽמְרוּ אִשְׁתּוֹ זֹאת‎ they shall say, "this is his wife," Genesis 12:19; Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:13; Genesis 26:7; Genesis 43:7, Judges 9:48, 1 Samuel 10:19, 2 Samuel 3:13, 1 Kings 2:8, Psalms 10:11. Or with some equivalent for say, Psalms 10:4 "there is no God" are all. their thoughts. But there is a tendency to pass into the semi-oblique form, as Genesis 12:13 ‏אִמְרִי־נָא אְַחֹתִי אַתְּ‎ say, thou art my sister. Genesis 41:15, 2 Samuel 21:4, Hosea 7:2, Psalms 10:13; Psalms 50:21; Psalms 64:6; Job 19:1-29, Job 28:1-28; Job 22:17; Job 35:3, Job 35:14. This is usual in language—
Die Welt ist dumm, die Welt ist blind,
Wird täglich abgeschmackter!
Sie spricht von dir, mein schönes Kind:
Du hast keinen guten Charakter.
Rem. 2. Even when words are given directly they are often introduced by ‏כִּי‎ (‏כי‎ recitativum). 1 Kings 1:30 I sware saying ‏כִּי שׁ׳ בְּנֵךְ יִמְלֹךְ אַֽחְַרַי‎ "Sol. thy son shall reign after me." Judges 6:16 ‏וַיֹּאמֶר י׳ כִּי אֶֽהְיֶה עִמָּךְ‎ Je. said, "I will be with thee." Genesis 29:33, Joshua 2:24, Judges 11:13, 1 Samuel 13:11, 1 Kings 11:22; 1 Kings 21:6, 2 Kings 8:13, 1 Chronicles 4:9; 1 Chronicles 21:18; 1 Chronicles 29:14. Cf. Genesis 45:26. Judges 10:10, where ‏כי‎ only in second clause.—Rarer ‏אְַשֶׁר‎ recit.; 1 Samuel 15:20, 2 Samuel 1:4, Nehemiah 4:12, Psalms 10:6 (last words, though the sense, one-who shall not have misfortune, is good). Psalms 118:10-12, Psalms 128:2 are hardly ex. (Hitz.), cf. Isaiah 7:9, Job 28:1. The clause with ‏כי‎ as well as the direct quotation in R. 1 occupies the place of obj. in the sentence.
Rem. 3. The ‏כי‎ of obj. sent. is sometimes omitted, Psalms 9:20 may know ‏אֱנוֹשׁ הֵמָּה‎ that they are men. Amos 5:12, Isaiah 48:8, Zechariah 8:23, Job 19:25, cf. 2 Kings 9:25.
Rem. 4. A clause with and occasionally takes the place of an obj. sent. Genesis 30:27 ‏נִחַשְׁתִּי וַיְבָֽרְַכֵנִי י׳‎ I have divined and = that Je. has blessed. Genesis 47:6 ‏אִם־יָדַעְתָּ וְיֶשׁ־בָּם‎ if thou knowest and there be = that there are among them. Daniel 2:13 the law went out and = that the wise men were to be slain (ptcp.). Numbers 14:21, Isaiah 43:12.—A usual brachylogy occurs with command, Genesis 42:25 ‏וַיְצַו יו׳ וַיְמַלְאוּ‎ Jos. commanded (to fill) and they filled, Jonah 2:10, cf. Amos 6:11; Amos 9:9. In Ar., God decreed that the Christians were defeated, for, should be defeated and they were defeated.