double accusative

In Hebrew, the piel and hifil stems sometimes take a double direct object. A/C 2.3.1e.  Notice the two objects in red here in Genesis 37:23.  Both are the object of the verb פשט.

וַֽיְהִ֕י כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א יוֹסֵ֖ף אֶל־אֶחָ֑יו וַיַּפְשִׁ֤יטוּ אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתּוֹ֔ אֶת־כְּתֹ֥נֶת הַפַּסִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָלָֽיו׃

Gesenius writes that verbs with a meaning of making, forming or building will often take two objects, the first is object proper and the second the material from which it is built.  Similarly, such verbs can have two objects, the first the object proper and the second the product which is produced; see §5.

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