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 HEBREW SYNTAX

SYNTAX OF THE PRONOUN

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

§ 1. In their full form the Personal pron. are employed only in the Nom. case. In the oblique cases (Gen., Acc.) they are attached in the form of suffixes to other words. On the Cases, cf. § 18, Gr. § 17.

When a pron. in the oblique case is repeated for the sake of emphasis, it is put in the absolute form. Gen. as suff. 1 K. 21:19 דָּֽמְךָ גַּם אַתָּה thine own blood. 2 S. 17:5 מַה־בְּפִיו גַּם־הוּא what is in his mouth also. Nu. 14:32, 2 S. 19:1, Jer. 27:7, Ez. 23:43, Ps. 9:7, Pr. 23:15. Or gen. with prep. 1 S. 25:24 בִּי־אֲנִי הֶֽעָוֹן on me be the guilt. 1 K. 1:26, Ezr. 7:21. In the acc. Gen. 27:34 בָּֽרֲכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי bless me too. Pr. 22:19. So when emphasis falls on noun in the oblique case. Gen. 4:26 לְשֵׁת גַּם־הוּא to Seth also. Gen. 10:21 — Cf. these exx. Gen. 30:20; 41:10, 1 Chr. 23:13.

Rem. 1. Occasionally oblique case has full form. 2 K. 9:18 עַד הֵם if reading right, cf. v. 20. Neh. 4:17 אֵין אֲנִי the pron. being co-ordinated with the following nouns. Cases like Is. 18:2 are different, מִן־הוּא being = מֵֽאֲשֶׁר הוא (היה) since it was. Nah. 2:9 מִימֵי הִיא = מִימֵי אשׁר היא since the days she was, i.e. all her days, cf. 2 K. 7:7. Such a sense is usually מִיָּמֶיהָ (1 S. 25:28, 1 K. 1:6, Job 27:6; 38:12), and the text is doubtful. Jer. 46:5 הֵמָּה חַתִּים is a clause, חַתִּים pred. and המה subj., though the consn. is more