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  • From: Peter_Kirk AT sil.org
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re[2]: I AM THAT I AM
  • Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 23:51 -0500 (EST)



Bryan wrote: "...we might cite Gen 42:14, 44:10, 2 Ki 18:22 as
approximately analogous grammatically speaking, some more and some less. i
think these are a few cases as per request: an 'a$er-clause functions as
the predicate for an independent subject pronoun."

Thanks for the examples. Perhaps Joseph's Hebrew was a little rusty
after so many years in Egypt! But you quote only him and the Assyrian
Rabshakeh. So was this an abnormal construction? ;-)

Peter Kirk




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