23.9 Adverbs

• עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים אַתָּה
  • Now I know that you fear God (Gen 22:12)
  • Adverb of Time: עַתָּה
• וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁם אֶת־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יָצָר
  • and there He placed the man whom He had formed (Gen 2:8)
  • Adverb of Place: שָׁם
• עֵינַי תָּמִיד אֶל־יְהוָה
  • My eyes are continually toward the LORD (Ps 25:15)
  • Adverb of Degree: תָּמִיד
• וַיָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ פִּתְאֹם
  • So Joshua came upon them suddenly (Josh 10:9)
  • Adverb of Manner: פִּתְאֹם

• Adverbs are most frequently at the end of a clause.
• As the above examples illustrate, this is not a hard-and-fast-rule