Biblical Hebrew Forum

[MarianneLuban AT aol.com]

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