This isn't something I'd actually do, but I'm asking to see if my understanding is correct.

Suppose I write:

{qama' qIppu'bogh neH yaS'e'}

This can mean "the officer who has merely hit the prisoner", but it can also mean "the officer who has hit only the prisoner". Right ?

Of course, we could just place the {neH} right after the {qama'} and eliminate the ambiguity..

But I'm just trying to understand how things work.

~ mayqel qunen'oS