lʾ and ʾyn in nominal clauses

Abstract

lō(ʾ) and ʾēn both operate as negators in Biblical Hebrew nominal clauses. Their distribution has not been thoroughly investigated yet. In this article the author shows that the question of when l¯(») and when »÷n are used can be answered by differentiating the nominal clause types according to the morphological quality of the predicate and the determination degree of the subject.