“Hebrew is in some ways very different from European languages. Do not try to confine it within the prison of English grammatical terms, or it may laugh and run away from you.” – John H. Dobson in Learn Biblical Hebrew, 2nd Edition, pg. 39.
The picture of little Hebrew letters running away from prison with English grammar guards is now stuck in my mind.
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