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  • From: "Martin A. Shields" <mshields AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Elohim singular/plural in Genesis 1
  • Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 20:44:05 +1000


On 9/5/02 12:27 am, Yohanan Goldman at Amirpatrick.Goldman AT unifr.ch wrote:

> Is this plural "of exhortation" as Koenig coined it, attested
> elsewhere in Biblical Hebrew ?

There are certainly similar constructions elsewhere, where a singular form
of )MR is followed by a plural verb (as to whether the second verb has
volitional force is not always morphologically apparent and can only be
determined by context). Some examples: Gen 33:12; 37:21; Ex 10:9; Judg
13:15; 2Chr 14:7.

There are, of course, many more instances of a singular subject speaking on
behalf of a group.

Regards,

Martin.

--
Martin A. Shields





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