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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Hosea and LXX
  • Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 17:54:06 -0500


Where is there a case where the suffix "nu" means "him"?

shoshanna




Hi! In the case of Hosea 12:5, you don't have to posit any difference
between the actual TEXT of the masoretic version of the Hebrew and the
speculative Hebrew original that was used to produce the LXX. The
difference is in UNDERSTANDING the "nu" suffix -- is it a standard case of
"nu" meaning "us" or is it a case of "nu" meaning "him", which would be
exceptional as a suffix to "(im" ("with"), but is either the norm or a
common variant with many other prepositions and verbs.

Best wishes

Naama





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