joeldruark-patch-1 (#672)

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.. _adjective-attributive:
.. include:: includes/adjective-attributive.rst
.. include:: includes/adjective-attributive-hebrew-aramaic.rst
.. include:: includes/notes/adjective-number.rst
.. csv-table:: Example: 1SA 18:17

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In Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic, an ``attributive adjective`` almost always immediately follows the noun that it describes and has the same form in gender, number, and :ref:`definiteness<definiteness>`.
Thus, if the noun is masculine, the adjective is also masculine. If the noun is singular, the adjective is also singular.
If the noun is definite, the adjective is also definite; and so on.

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The most common use of adjectives is to describe a noun. There are two kinds of adjectives that function in this way, :ref:`attributive<adjective-attributive>` adjectives and :ref:`predicative<adjective-predicative>` adjectives.
In almost all instances, an ``attributive adjective`` immediately follows the noun that it
describes and has the same form in gender, number, and :ref:`definiteness<definiteness>`.
Thus, if the noun is masculine, the adjective is also masculine. If the noun is singular, the adjective is
also singular. If the noun is definite, the adjective is also definite; and so on.
The most common use of adjectives is to describe a noun directly.
There are two kinds of adjectives that function in this way, :ref:`attributive<adjective-attributive>` adjectives and :ref:`predicative<adjective-predicative>` adjectives.