The Hebrew Accusative of Time and Place

The Hebrew accusative of time is our first problem. The grammars have all been saying that the accusative can be used in Hebrew to express point of time as well as duration of time, but the evidences would indicate that this is not so. The Hebrew accusative of time would seem to indicate duration of time only. For example, the accusative hayyom today means during the day, during today. To express point of time one has to use the preposition b, bayyom hazzfeh on this, (particular) day. Accordingly the accusative yom 'ehkd in Gen. 27: 45 expresses, not point of time, as regularly asserted, but duration of time, in the course of one day, during one day. Similarly, makhr, which has lost its article and has become an adverb, means strictly during in the course of tomorrow, and the accusatives layl&b and hallayldhi express duration of time and not point of time, as a few examples will show

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