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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 31:7 hashomrim
  • Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 19:18:56 -0500

Indeed, even אתם ATEM, 'you', is apparently AT-HEM. 

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 5, 2012, at 6:34 AM, George Athas wrote:

> 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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