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I agree that "adds nothing to the meaning of the word" is harsh for the Hebrew bible. In many instances a Hebrew variant form (due to changes over time, or to a different provenance) may not change the meaning of the word, unless one contrives for it a mutated meaning, for instance, the piel and paal forms of a Hebrew verb. I agree with George that it is "lingering archaic ending". It seems to me that it is the N that is left now in the personal pronoun הן HEN, as opposed to the M left in הם HEM. Still, as you say, it is יוכלו YUKL-U, and not YUKL-EM =YUKL-HEM, possibly as it may clash and be confused with יוכלם YOKL-EM, 'he will eat them'. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Oct 26, 2012, at 1:47 AM, Pere Porta wrote:
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