Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT sil.org]

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