Biblical Hebrew Forum

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> It appears to me that the form TIY is but the compressed combination  
> of the personal pronouns AT-HI. It is used in place of ANI = AN-HI in  
> such forms as RAXAC-TI = RAXAC-ATI = RAXAC-ANI, 'I washed (it)', in  
> order , I think, to differentiate it from the accusative RXAC-ANI,  
> '(he) washed me'. A verb followed by a personal pronoun is chosen in  
> Hebrew to indicate past action, to wit:
> RAXAC-TI = RAXAC-ATI, I washed
> RAXAC-TA = RAXAC-ATA, you (male, singular) washed


Then, how do you explain the word "LIQ:RFTIY" in 1Ki 2:8?

Pere Porta