Biblical Hebrew Forum

["R. Lehmann" <lehmann AT uni-mainz.de>]

Gary, 
I strongly recommend to look at:
Anja A. Diesel, Ich bin Jahwe. Der Aufstieg der Ich-bin-Jahwe-Aussage zum 
Schlüsselwort des alttestamentlichen Monotheismus (WMANT 110) - 
3-7887-2138-3, Neukirchen 2006
(maybe also, by the same author, Anja A. Diesel, Jahwe (allein) ist Gott. 
Überlegungen zu einer Gruppe der sogenannten dreiteiligen Nominalsätze: 
KUSATU 5/2004, p. 1-32),
and 
Diethelm Michel, Grundlegung einer hebräischen Syntax. Teil 2: Probleme des 
Nominalsatzes, Neukirchen 2003.

Reinhard G. Lehmann



> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hedrick Gary" <garyh AT cjfm.org>
> To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:48 PM
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Ani Hu
> 
> 
> I'm looking at Isaiah 48:12 in the Tanakh:
> 
> ??? ??? ???? ?????? ????? ??????? ??? ????? ?? ??? ??????
> 
> In English: ?Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called: I am He (Heb., 
> ani
> hu), I am the First, I am also the Last."
> 
> My understanding is that ani hu is two pronouns with the verb understood: "I
> (am) He."
> Was this construction any sort of special designation for God in ancient
> Judaism? I've scanned the WWW and there seems to be contradictory 
> information on
> this topic. So I need a little expert help to sort out fact from fiction.
> 
> Thanks a bunch,
> 
> Gary Hedrick
> San Antonio, TX USA