Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

steve, isaac,

i fully agree that Isa 22:4 minniy expresses gender ("from me") whereas job
31:7 does not express gender ("from"). so, the HI=road part must be wrong.

nir cohen 

> 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.