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  • From: "Donald R. Vance, Ph.D." <donaldrvance AT mac.com>
  • To: steve AT voiceinwilderness.info
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Plural Pronomial Suffixes used in a Singular sense
  • Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:28:07 -0600

Not true. The nun energicum occurs with the 1st common plural accusative suffix as well: Habakkuk 3:16
On Nov 8, 2010, at 5:44 AM, Steve Miller wrote:

-----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


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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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