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  • From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 31:7 hashomrim
  • Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 11:34:11 +0000

> It appears to me that the ending -IYM is the contracted personal pronoun הם HEM, 'they'.
> Isaac Fried, Boston University

…which poses a problem when, for example, the IYM ending is predicated of a first person ('we') or second person ('you'). Etymologically it seems rather constrictive.


GEORGE ATHAS
Dean of Research,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia




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