Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>]

> From: Isaac Fried
> 
> In Isa. 22:4 MINIY = MIN-ANIY (with the dagesh in the N as expected after a
> xirek.) In Job 31:7 MINIY = MIN-HI, with HI היא referring to the road.

[Steve Miller] Thanks Isaac. But if מני  = מן + היא, wouldn't I would expect 
it to be used just with feminine and common objects, but it is used with 
masculine objects, i.e. Job 20:4; Ps 88:9. I don't see it being used with any 
feminine objects.
> 
> I notice that in TUMATIY = TUMAH-ATIY the M is with a dagesh as expected
> after a qubuc, in TITEH the T (tet) is with a dagesh as expected after a 
> xirik, in
> A$URIY = A$UR-ANIY the $ is with a dagesh as expected after a patax, in
> HADAREK the D is as expected with a dagesh after a patax, in LIBIY=LEB-ANIY
> the B is with a dagesh as expected after a xirik, and the P in UBKAPAY is 
> with a
> dagesh as expected after a patax.
> 
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
> 
> > [Steve Miller] I was not thinking of examples like Isa 22:4, where it
> > is the preposition min + 1st person pronoun suffix. I was thinking of
> > Job 31:7; Ps 44:19 & others, where mini is just a preposition, where a
> > 1st person pronoun suffix meaning is not possible.
> 

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-Steve Miller
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