Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Vadim,

> Sure. And don't stumble at changing "he gave" to "they made," and "his" to
> "him," and disregarding "in,"  either. Minor blurs on the big picture of
> Christianity, huh? If facts don't fit in a theory, "adjust" the facts?
>
> > people who work regularly with the Hebrew need not
> stumble long over the appearance of a plural noun
> with a singular meaning, since there are so many
> of them.<
>
> Many? One instance in Ezekiel, where it clearly goes about the multitude
> of people - and thus death in plural? Wow...

HH: You have already been referred to sections of Hebrew grammars 
that have long lists of plural nouns with singular meanings.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard