Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>]

Dear Paul,
Very good question.
When you have two ways to state the same fact, the speaker must make a 
decision.  In
this case, the word  ASHER is inserted, apparently unnecessarily.  
Grammatically, this
construction moves the "possession" element away from the noun, making it a 
separate
clause.  Instead of  "servants-of-me" and "harvest-of-me" we have "the 
servants (which
are mine)" and "the harvest (which are mine)."   My initial impression is 
that the
padded wording adds strength to the claim of possession.  However, it is just 
an
opinion.  Have you looked at other passages with this construction?
Lee R. Martin

Paul Zellmer wrote:

> What think ye?  Is there any significant difference in the use of the
> relative pronouns + LIY that are found in this verse to what would seem
> to be a more normal possessive pronoun -IY attached to the respective
> nouns?  (The significant cases are set off by ** **.)ve
>
> WAT.O)MER RW.T HAM.OW):ABIY.FH G.AM
> K.IY-)FMAR )"LAY **(IM-HAN.:(FRIYM ):A$ER-LIY**
> T.ID:B.FQIYN (AD )IM-K.IL.W. )"T **K.FL-HAQ.FCIYR
> ):A$ER-LIY**
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Zellmer
>
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Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary
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