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  • From: MarianneLuban AT aol.com
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Pronoun )nky in Judg. 6:8
  • Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:08:54 EDT

In a message dated 10/6/2004 6:04:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
hholmyard AT ont.com writes:


> HH: I realize that there is no relative pronoun
> before "brought" in 6:8, but I added it in order
> to show in English what the force of the emphatic
> Hebrew pronoun )NKY might be. The Lord seems to
> be contrasting Himself with the gods of the
> Amorites, who never did anything for the
> Israelites.

I don't know how much relevancy can be attributed--but "ink" is a personal
pronoun in Egyptian. It means "I am" and is only seen at the start of a
clause.

Marianne Luban




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