Bryan wrote: "...we might cite Gen 42:14, 44:10, 2 Ki 18:22 as
approximately analogous grammatically speaking, some more and some less. i
think these are a few cases as per request: an 'a$er-clause functions as
the predicate for an independent subject pronoun."
Thanks for the examples. Perhaps Joseph's Hebrew was a little rusty
after so many years in Egypt! But you quote only him and the Assyrian
Rabshakeh. So was this an abnormal construction? ;-)