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I notice there are a number of passages where הוּא follows a pronoun
and is usually translated into English something like "I am," "you
are," or "he is." See for example 2 Sam. 7:28, Psalm 44:4, Isaiah 37:16, 43:25, Jeremiah 14:22 If the pronoun is not used as a copula, what is its meaning? It may be a stretch but in some cases I could see it as a substitution to avoid using the name of God. I believe this is how Baumgarten understood its use in Isaiah. I understand some take it that it emphasizes the prounoun. So 2 Sam 7:28 would read something like "You and only you are God." Do we have any consensus here? Sincerely, Michael Abernathy |
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