From: Vincent DeCaen <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: BH, object pronouns?
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:00:37 -0400 (EDT)
a bee in my bonnet:
exodus 1:12, W:KA):A$ER Y:(AN.W. )OTOW
why 'oto? why not ye`annuhu with suffixed object? surely this is not
free variation? but if not, **what** is the difference? it's not
syntactic or semantic as such: maybe discourse related? tracking
participants differently?
what say?
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