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 5:22, 2 K. 6:3. But also in other cases, Jud. 5:3 I will sing, I will sing to the Lord. Pr. 24:32. And in prayers the thou is merely part of the solemnity of the sentiment, 1 K. 3:6. And so in earnest appeals, as in the phrases thou knowest, ye know, the emphasis is not on the mere pron. but belongs to the whole expression. Gen. 44:27, Jos. 14:6, 1 S. 28:9, 2 S. 17:8, 1 K. 2:5, 15; 5:17, 20 (2 K. 9:11), 2 K. 4:1, cf. 2 K. 19:11. Many languages whose inflected verb does not need the pron. show a tendency to express 1st and 2nd pron. So Moab. St. 1:21 seq. Pleonastic expression of אֲנִי  after verb is a peculiarity of Eccles., e.g. 1:16; 2:1, 11, 15 &c., cf. Song 5:5.

2. The Indefinite Subject

§ 108. The indefinite, unnamed subj. (Eng. they, one) is expressed in various ways. (a) By 3 pers. sing. of verb, e.g. in the phrase they called the name, &c. Gen. 11:9 עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ בָּבֶל  they called its name Babel. Gen. 16:14; 21:31, Ex. 15:23. The 3 plur. is also used, 1 S. 23:28, 1 Chr. 11:7, 14:11. But in other cases 3 sing. is of frequent use. Is. 7:24 בַּחִצִּים וּבַקֶּשֶׁת יָבֹא שָׁמָּה  with arrows and bow shall one go there; Ex. 10:5 וְלֹא יוּכַל לִרְאֹת הָאָרֶץ   so that one shall not be able to see the earth. Gen. 38:28; 48:1, Deu. 15:2, 1 S. 16:4; 23:22; 26:20, 2 S. 15:31; 16:23, 1 K. 18:26, 2 K. 5:4, Is. 6:10; 8:4; 14:32, Am. 6:12, Mic. 2:4.

(b) By 3 plur. Gen. 29:2 הַהִוא יַשְׁקוּ הָֽעֲדָרִים מִן־הַבְּאֵר  from that well they watered the flocks; 1 S. 27:5 מָקוֹם יִתְּנוּ־לִי   let them give me a place. Gen. 41:14; 49:31, 1 S. 1:25, 1 K. 1:2; 15:8, Hos. 11:2, 7; 12:9, Jer. 8:4; 16:6 (sing. and pl.), Job 6:2, 2 Chr. 25:16.

(c) By ptcp., in plur. Gen. 39:22 שָׁם הוּא הָיָה עשֶֹׁה ואת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עשִֹׁים  and whatever they did there. Is. 32:12, Jer. 38:23, Ez. 13:7, Neh. 6:10, 2 Chr. 9:28. More rarely sing., Is. 21:11 אֵלַי קֹרֵא  one calleth unto me from Seir.