Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

You are right, the KJV translation of Isaiah 37:15(16)  reads: "thou art the God", with 'art' in place of HU. 

Compare with Ex.3:13-15: And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

with 'I am' = אני הוא ANIY HU.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 14, 2012, at 1:05 PM, Michael Abernathy wrote:

Nir,
I understand both sides of the argument concerning the use of the pronoun as either a hangover from an ancient word that happened to sound like the pronoun but meaning "is" or a redundant (in English) pronoun.  But I am a little confused how you deal with the passages whereהוּא   is used with another pronoun like Isaiah 7:28:

אַתָּה־הוּא֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים

Do you understand this as "You are God Himself"?
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy