construct state

construct state
/kon"strukt/, Gram.
(in Semitic languages) the inflected form of a noun dependent on a following noun, with the combination expressing a genitive relationship, as Hebrew beth David "house of David," where beth "house of" is the construct form of bayit "house."
[1815-25]

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