Pere, The infinitive in these examples is used, in effect, to make a "noun-like" word out of a verb. In English, this is generally done by using the gerund form (-ing) form of the verb. When the pronoun is included, that pronoun is in the form that is used when it is attached to a noun, in other words, the possessive or "of/by + objective form", rather than the forms when it is attached to verbs (the subjective or objective).
So, in the four examples here, the "literal" English translation would be: 1. His doing (or the doing of/by him) 2. His going up (or the going up of/by him) 3. Her birthing or her giving birth (or the birthing of her/the giving birth of/by her) 4. Her descending (or the descending of/by her) Hope this helps, Paul Zellmer -----Original Message----- > >Hi, list. > >When trying to literally translate infinitives with personal suffix (the > >suffix playing the part of the subject of the infinitive) such as: > > >1. (A&OTO -------- Jr 30:24 > >2. (ALOTO -------- Is 11:16 > >3. LIDTAH ---------- Gn 38:27 > >4. RIDTAH --------- Dt 20:20 > >and so on... -- Pere Porta _______________________________________________ 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
