det: determiner
The det relation is used to connect a nominal with a definite or a demonstrative function word.
The prototypical example is of the determiner ה and a NOUN.
והארץ היתה תהו ובהו וחשך על־פני תהום ורוח אלהים מרחפת על־פני המים׃
ṿehaʼarets haytah tohu ṿavohu ṿeḥoshekh ʻal pene tehom ṿeruḥa ʼelohim meraḥefet ʻal pene hamayim
And the earth was empty and void and darkness was over the surface of the sea and the spirt of God was hovering over the water.
The relation can be used in similar fashion for NUM and ADJ in cases of promotion.
When an ADJ is modifying a definite NOUN, it also receives a definite marker, which is also attached with det.
והמים גברו מאד מאד על־הארץ ויכסו כל־ההרים הגבהים אשר־תחת כל־השמים׃
ṿehamayim gavru meʼod meʼod ʻal haʼarets ṿaykusu kal heharim hagbohim ʼasher taḥat kal hashamayim
And the waters grew very much upon the earth and they covered all the high mountains which were under all the heavens.
When a noun phrase is demonstrative, this is expressed by following the noun with a demonstrative pronoun which agrees in gender and number (masculine זה, feminine זאת, plural אלה) in addition to the definite marker before the noun. This pronoun has its own definite marker, and thus a demonstrative noun phrase will generally have at least three arcs labeled det.
אחר׀ הדברים האלה היה דבר־יהוה אל־אברם במחזה לאמר אל־תירא אברם אנכי מגן לך שכרך הרבה מאד׃
ʼaḥar hadbarim haʼeleh hayah devar yehṿah ʼel ʼavram bamaḥazeh leʼmor ʼal tiraʼ ʼavram ʼanokhi magen lakh śekharka harbeh meʼod
After these things, the word of The LORD came to Abram in a vision saying “Do not fear, Abram; I am a sheild for you; your reward is very great.”.
This construction is discussed in Issue #1059.
det in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gsw] [gub] [hy] [it] [ja] [kk] [ky] [no] [pcm] [pt] [ro] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [vi] [xcl] [yue] [zh]