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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] ET HA-
  • Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:03:21 -0500

In 1Sam. 17:34 we find UBA HA-ARIY W-ET HA-DOB, 'and there came a lion, and a bear'

וּבָא הָאֲרִי וְאֶת הַדּוֹב

It appears to me that ET HA- is but a separated ATAH, 'you' in the sense of 'this'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University



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