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  • From: "Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: "'Pere Porta'" <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Plural Pronomial Suffixes used in a Singular sense
  • Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 06:44:03 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pere Porta
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:29 AM
> To: Joseph Roberts
> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Plural Pronomial Suffixes used in a Singular sense
>
> >
> > (JR) I was reading about translations surrounding Genesis 3:15. It was
> > interesting to note that though many translate a portion of the verse
> > as "it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." the
> > verb "tesuphenu"
> > has the first person plural ending yet it is translated as third
> > person singular. Is this a theological leaning or sometimes can a
> > plural ending be used in a singular sense?
> > Joseph Roberts
>
>
> __________
>
> Compare, Joseph, the following two patterns:
>
> http://www.oham.net/out/PS-t/PS-t1996.html
> and
> http://www.oham.net/out/PS-t/PS-t1995p.html
>
> Do you see some difference between them?
>
> Remark: when -nu = -hu = him/it, then the nun has dagesh, while when -nu =
us,
> then it lacks it.
>
> Pere Porta
> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
> _______________________________________________
[Steve Miller] Thanks Pere. You are correct. My verb table program
erroneously shows a dagesh for both for this particular verb.
-Steve Miller
Detroit





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