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  • From: "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>
  • To: "Bill Ross" <BillRoss AT norisksoftware.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Gen 15:6 feminine suffix?
  • Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 22:27:46 +0100


At 19:18 09/10/02, you wrote:

What is the signficance of the feminine suffix in Gen 15:6? Does it help
decide who counted what as faithfulness?

As BDB explains, the verb is: count, reckon c. acc. rei + "to" pers.,

So,this is an idiom, in which the verb suffix refers to the noun "righteousness" ( fem. of course ) and the preposition "to" has the third person, sing., masc suffix.



Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie







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