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