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-aykhi ending, Psalms 103, 116

From: Henry Churchyard <churchyh AT ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: -aykhi ending, Psalms 103, 116
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:08:45 -0600 (CST)

Does anyone have any ideas on the 2nd.fem.sg. ending, as attached to
plural nouns, -aykhi (Gesenius-Kautzsch p. 258)? Iknow that the
2nd.fem.sg suffix in general was originally -kii, but original -ay-
usually monophthongizes in oenvironements like this... Also, this
ending only appears in two passages where the fem.sg. "you" being
addressed is the soul.

Psalms 103:3 l AT khol-tah.a~luu'aaykhii
Psalms 103:3 `a~woonaaykhii (some manuscripts)
Psalms 103:4 h.ayyaaykhii
Psalms 103:5 n@`uuraaykhii
Psalms 116:7 limnuuh.aaykhii
Psalms 116:7 `aalaaykhii

Thanks.

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--Henry Churchyard churchyh AT ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

-aykhi ending, Psalms 103, 116, Henry Churchyard, 11/30/1998