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  • From: Ian Goldsmith <iangoldsmith1969 AT yahoo.co.uk>
  • To: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>, b- hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Ps 118:7, "helper"
  • Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 17:18:19 +0100 (BST)


Thanks Trevor. Have a good weekend!

--- Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu> wrote: >
>===== Original Message From Ian Goldsmith
> <iangoldsmith1969 AT yahoo.co.uk>
> =====
> >I'm curious too. Why the 'ay' suffix?
> >Isn't 'B:(OZ:RAY','with my helper'? Why not an 'iy'
> >suffix? Is it just because the subject is the LORD?
>
> Well, this is part of the issue. The -ay suffix
> usually indicates a plural
> noun. So my ozrim should be ozray, to distinguish it
> from ozriy--my helper
> (singular). Now, we do have forms like adonay, which
> takes a plural form
> regularly with divine reference, or elohim, which is
> often plural, even
> referring to a pagan deity. So there are places
> where the plural form doesn't
> have to mean actual plural entities. But if it's
> something like "among my
> helpers," this is the form we expect. (Indeed, it
> would be somewhat harder to
> explain what's going on with beozriy--"in my
> helper?")
>
> Trevor Peterson
> CUA/Semitics
>
>
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=====
Ian Goldsmith.
England.

Dibrah Torah kilshone bnei-adam
'The Torah spoke in the language of ordinary men.'
Berakot 31b

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