Regardless of the significance or non-significance of the presence of the dagesh mark, given the two options, the context of Gen 3:15 would clearly indicate a choice of 3ms, would it not?
Paul Zellmer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald R. Vance, Ph.D. Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Plural Pronomial Suffixes used in a Singular sense Not true. The nun energicum occurs with the 1st common plural accusative suffix as well: Habakkuk 3:16 On Nov 8, 2010, at 5:44 AM, Steve Miller wrote: >> -----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 > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
