Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Edward Andrews" <edandrews AT adelphia.net>]

Bob MacDonald:



First, I am no Biblical Hebrew scholar by any means, nor do I post to this 
site often (mostly read), but I thought I would toss in a helpful tip on one 
of Harold's points. The three numbers in Hebrew are singular, plural, and 
dual. The dual (identified by the suffix a yim) is customarily used for 
objects that appear as pairs, such as hands (ya·dha´yim) and ears ('oz·na´yim).



Dual nouns ending in (a yim) form their construct state as Harold pointed 
out by changing (a yim) into (e eh). That is what you are seeing take place 
in Psalm 145:15.



BM: Is there an online resource for these questions? I have been using Blue

Letter Bible and some sites that seem to derive from the same basic

resources. I find they do not deal with all the words in the Hebrew text.



Yes, Bob, Welch University offers basics, intermediate and advanced Biblical 
Hebrew courses.



http://www.robertwelchuniversity.org/content.php?con=31



Edward Andrews


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harold Holmyard" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Translating - some elementary questions


> Bob MacDonald wrote:
>
> > I am looking at Psalm 145 verse 15;
>
> > 1. (Ynei-KoL seems to have a first person singular suffix - my eye; 
> > perhaps
> > it is an idiomatic plural? I notice that Gen 44:21 has the same word
> > translated eyes, but the singular would give an equal sense.
>
> HH: Bob, if you think this ways, you need to study
> basic Hebrew more. The word "eye" is in the plural
> and is a construct form. There is no pronominal
> suffix on it.
>
> > 2. the suffix ka seems to mean 'your' - does 'eLeYkA then mean literally
> > your God?
>
> HH: You clearly do not know enough Hebrew to deal
> competently with the words. This is not the word
> "God" but a preposition.
>
> > 3. What is the grammatical role of LAHem in the sentence?
>
>
> HH: Indirect object.
> > 4. 'eth-'AkLAm - is this an object marker followed by an irregular 
> > plural?
>
> HH: It is an object marker, but not a plural. It
> is a singular with a third plural suffix.
>
> > Is there an online resource for these questions? I have been using Blue
> > Letter Bible and some sites that seem to derive from the same basic
> > resources. I find they do not deal with all the words in the Hebrew text.
>
> HH: You need to take a course in Hebrew, it seems
> to me.
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
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