Abstract In this article, I discuss secondary predication in Biblical Hebrew, showing that contrary to what linguists such as Rothstein (2004. Structuring events. Malden, MA & Oxford: Blackwell) suggest, there are languages with verb phrases as secondary predicates. In particular, I deal with a construction in Biblical Hebrew I refer to as the double infinitive-absolute construction, where in addition to a finite verb, the sentence contains two conjoined occurrences of an infinitive absolute, where the first is of the same root and binyan (pattern) as the finite verb but deprived of temporal and agreement features, while the second is of a different root and (maybe) binyan. I show that Biblical Hebrew uses this construction to form a new complex verb with the primary predicate, such that it shares the subject or the object with the primary predicate, depicting a situation that overlaps in time with the situation depicted by the primary predicate or results from it.

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动词短语次要谓语：以圣经希伯来语为例

摘要在本文中，我讨论了《圣经希伯来语》中的次要谓词，表明与诸如Rothstein（2004. Structuring events。Malden，MA＆Oxford：Blackwell）之类的语言学家所提出的相反，有些语言带有动词短语作为次要谓词。尤其是，我在《圣经希伯来语》中处理一个构造，我称其为双重不定式绝对式构造，除有限动词外，该句子还包含两个不定式绝对的连体出现，其中第一个具有相同的词根且binyan（pattern）是有限动词，但没有时间和一致性特征，而第二个则具有不同的词根和（也许）binyan。我证明《圣经希伯来语》使用这种结构与主要谓词组成了一个新的复杂动词，