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Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 31:7 hashomrim

From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
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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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