> -----Original Message----- > From: Pere Porta > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:29 AM > To: Joseph Roberts > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Plural Pronomial Suffixes used in a Singular sense > > > > > (JR) I was reading about translations surrounding Genesis 3:15. It was > > interesting to note that though many translate a portion of the verse > > as "it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." the > > verb "tesuphenu" > > has the first person plural ending yet it is translated as third > > person singular. Is this a theological leaning or sometimes can a > > plural ending be used in a singular sense? > > Joseph Roberts > > > __________ > > Compare, Joseph, the following two patterns: > > http://www.oham.net/out/PS-t/PS-t1996.html > and > http://www.oham.net/out/PS-t/PS-t1995p.html > > Do you see some difference between them? > > Remark: when -nu = -hu = him/it, then the nun has dagesh, while when -nu = us, > then it lacks it. > > Pere Porta > (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) > _______________________________________________ [Steve Miller] Thanks Pere. You are correct. My verb table program erroneously shows a dagesh for both for this particular verb. -Steve Miller Detroit
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