Biblical Hebrew Forum

[lorencrow AT earthling.net (Loren Crow)]

Do you think it might have to do with who is addressed?  ;-)

Seriously, though, this phrase plays an important part in the
characterization of both speaker and person/s spoken to in biblical
narratives.  When Saul addresses Samuel and speaks of yhwh as yhwh thy
(singular) God, this tells us something important about Saul and Samuel,
and their relationship.

At 5:46 AM 11/10/98, Andrew C Smith wrote:
>The phrase "the Lord your God" is sometimes pl. and sometimes sing.:
>
>YHVH Elohaka
>YHVH Elohachem
>
>Why?


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