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An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

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used of various gods, it takes plural agreement ( םירִ חֵ ֲ םיהלֹ ִ אֱ<br />

Exod 20:3; cf. Exod 12:12).<br />

5.<br />

וי ָלאֵ ר ֶמאֹ יּוַ ם ַגּ םלֹחֲ ַבּ םיהלֹ ִ אֱ הָ ◌ֽ<br />

יתִּ ְעדָי ַ֫ י ִכֹנ אָ<br />

א ‘other gods,’<br />

God said <strong>to</strong> him in a dream, ‘Yes, I know…<br />

Gen 20:6<br />

Other honorific plurals used for the God of Israel include םי ִשׁוֹד ְק ‘Holy<br />

One’ and םינֹד ִ א ֲ ‘Lord.’<br />

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6.<br />

7.<br />

׃ה ָניבּ ִ םי ִשֹׁד ְק תעדַ֫ וְ<br />

Knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.<br />

יהלֹ ֵ א ֱ אוּה...<br />

הוהי<br />

ינֹד ֵ אֲ ו ַ םיהלֹ ִ אֱ הֽ<br />

ָ<br />

םי֑ נֹד ִ אֲ הָ<br />

Prov 9:10<br />

ֵ֫<br />

ֲ<br />

8. וּנינֹדא Deut 10:17<br />

YHWH is our Lord.<br />

9.<br />

YHWH…is God of gods and Lord of lords.<br />

Ps 8:2, 10<br />

םי֑ נֹד ִ אֲ ה ָ ינֹד ֵ אֲ ַל וּדוֹה<br />

Give praise <strong>to</strong> the Lord of lords.<br />

Ps 136:3<br />

The singular ןוֹדא ָ is used of God only in the phrase ץרֶ א֫ ָ ה־ל ָ ָכּ ןוֹדאֲ (Josh<br />

3:11, 13, etc.).<br />

c Humans may be referred <strong>to</strong> with honorific plurals, chiefly םי ִל ָע ְבּ ‘master’ (not<br />

‘husband’) and םינֹד ִ א ֲ ‘lord.’ Both these plurals occur generally with suffixes, the<br />

first only with third-singular suffixes.<br />

10.<br />

רוֹמחֲ ו ַ וּה ֵנֹק ֫ רוֹשׁ עדָי ַ<br />

וי֑ לָ ָע ְבּ סוּ ֵב<br />

11. הֶיּחַ תְּ<br />

ה ָמ ְכחָ הֽ<br />

ַ<br />

׃הי ָ ֶל֫ ָע ְב<br />

12. רוִ דּ־ךְ ָ ֶל ֶמּ ֫ ה ַ וּני ֵ֫<br />

נֹדאֲ ׃הֹמלֹ ְשׁ־תא ֶ ךְי ִל ְמ הִ<br />

The ox knows its owner, the donkey its master’s<br />

manger.<br />

Isa 1:3<br />

Wisdom preserves the life of its possessor.<br />

Qoh 7:12<br />

Our lord, King David, has made Solomon king.

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