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[ps2866 AT bingo-ev.de]

Dear Luyt,

thank you ! I came to the conclusion that ATEM (you) may be affirmative as
the Septuagint translates the particle MEN after "you" in Hag 1,4,
indicating an emphasis. Then I found a further example in 1Sam 25,24 where
it states: "Ki-aNI aDoNi HeAWon" - "on me, yes me, my Lord, is the guilt".
I thought initially the way you suggested, but can't rule out the idea of
stressing the suffixed pronoun by  using another pronoun.
Any further help is appreciated !
Yours
Peter M. Streitenberger, Germany

> Shalom Peter
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> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:56:35 +0200 (CEST)
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> Subject: [b-hebrew] Syntactic role of "you" in Hag 1,4
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> Dear Friends,
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>
> I can't understand the syntactic role of ATEM (you - mas. Pl.) in Hag 1,4.
>
> Is this pronomen stressing the preceeding LaKHeM "for you", say "you
>
> yourselves" ?
>
> I would translate it directly as: "Is this the time for you, for you to
> sit
> in your own houses..." . It does not sound quite right in English, but
> does
> sound right to me in Hebrew. :-) The first LaKHeM refers to the time while
> the ATeM refers to the sitting in their houses.
>
> Are there parallel examples for this usage ?
>>
> I am not aware of other examples (but there might be). However, do keep in
> mind that Hagga was written in post-exilic Biblical Hebrew and there were
> definitely some changes in the language compare to the Biblical Hebrew
> from
> before the exile. So it is possible that this usage was more common after
> the exile compared to before (when the majority of the TaNaCH was probably
> written).
>
>  HTH
>
> Blessings
> Chavoux Luyt
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