Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Sounds a bit like what Rosen saw in the opposition between the two 
forms, ie an opposition between predicative and non-predicative functions.

Rosén, Haiim B. 1984. “אנכי et אני: Essai de grammaire, interprétation 
et traduction.” Pages 262-281 in East and West: Selected Writings in 
Linguistics. Munich: Fink.

Regards,
David Kummerow.


> Back in November 2006 we had a few messages questioning the reasons
> for when to say )NY and when )NKY for the pronoun “I”. I was reminded
> of that recently when looking at the proposed training materials for
> the Cohelet project and their frequent use of )NY, some of which feel
> wrong.
>
> While there seems to be a fuzzy line between the two and a certain
> amount of crossover, one pattern that seems to come out is that verses
> using )NY still have the emphasis on the action with )NY playing
> second fiddle, while )NKY emphasizes the person with the action, if
> any, of secondary importance. An example that seems to point that out
> is Jonah 1:9 which has both.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Karl W. Randolph.