Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Hebrew has two 'they', המה HEMAH, as in Ex. 19:13, contracted to הם HEM, as in Is. 65:24; and הנה HENAH, as in Gen. 33:6, later contracted to a mere הן HEN. 

Hebrew has chosen HEM to identify males, and HEN to identify females.

It appears to me that the Hebrew plural is formed by the edition to the noun of the personal pronoun HEM, say YAMIYM =YOM-HEM, 'days'. It stands to reason that there was a parallel plural form using HEN as in YAMIYN = YOM-HEN.

Other examples, brought by Jerry, are the צדונין of 1Ki. 11:33, the הרצין HA-RACIYN of 2Ki. 11:13, the חטין XITIYN, of Ezek. 4:9, and more.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 26, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Hedrick Gary wrote:

 לקץ הימין

Why does the Hebrew text of Daniel 12:13 have qetz hayamin (with a final nun) instead of qetz hayamim (with a mem at the end). Shouldn't "end of days" be qetz hayamim?

Gary Hedrick

San Antonio, Texas USA

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