It appears to me that the form TIY is but the compressed combination of the personal pronouns AT-HI. It is used in place of ANI = AN-HI in such forms as RAXAC-TI = RAXAC-ATI = RAXAC-ANI, 'I washed (it)', in order , I think, to differentiate it from the accusative RXAC-ANI, '(he) washed me'. A verb followed by a personal pronoun is chosen in Hebrew to indicate past action, to wit:
RAXAC-TI = RAXAC-ATI, I washed
RAXAC-TA = RAXAC-ATA, you (male, singular) washed
Then, how do you explain the word "LIQ:RFTIY" in 1Ki 2:8?
Pere Porta
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