THE NOUN PHRASE IN HEBREW IS DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF ITS "TRANSFORMATIONAL" HISTORY. THE NOUN PHRASES OF HEBREW ARE CLASSIFIED ON THE BASIS OF TYPES OF ADJACENT, OR MODIFYING STRUCTURES WITHIN THE NOUN PHRASE. GRAMMATICAL RULES ARE FORMULATED TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS OF SENTENCE AMBIGUITY, THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CERTAIN SENTENCE STRUCTURES, AND PROBLEMS INVOLVING STRETCHES OF SENTENCES. THE STUDY SHOWS THAT DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IS ABLE TO EXPLAIN SUCH PROBLEMS IN HEBREW AS RELATIONS OF ANTECEDENCE AND GRAMMATICAL AGREEMENT ACROSS SENTENCE BOUNDARIES. (KL)