Gesenius' Hebrew grammar: 17th ed., with numerous corrections and additions, by dr. E. Rödiger. Tr. by T. J. Conant ... With grammatical exercises and a chrestomathy, by the translator.

~ 119. USE OF THE PERSONAL PRONOUN.

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nouns in the genitive (~ 112, 2), not only the subject but also the
object. E. g..!.' the wrong done to me, Jer. ii. 35; inryW the
fear of him, Ex. xx. 20.
6. When one noun is followed by another in the genitive, so
that they together express but one complex idea, a suffix which
refers to this whole idea is appended to the second of the two
nouns (compare the analogous position of the article, ~ 109, 1).
This occurs most frequently in the case (mentioned ~ 104, 1),
where the second noun is used to express a quality of the first
and serves for an adjective to it; e. g. Ps. ii. 6, 7P ', my holy
mount; Is. ii. 20; xxxi. 7, i=_.bt his silver idols.
We seldom have the construction tMl I=p thy lewd conduct, Ez. xvi.
27; comp. xviii. 7. So also Lev. vi. 3; Ps. xxx. 8.
Rem. 1. Through a certain inaccuracy, which probably passed from
the colloquial language to that of books, masculine pronouns are sometimes
used in reference to feminine substantives (Gen. xli. 23; Ex. i. 21). The
reverse also occurs, but more rarely, Deut. v. 24; 2 Sam. iv. 6.
2. The accusative of the pronoun, as object of the verb, is often omitted,
where it can be easily supplied from what has preceded, e. g. the accusative it, after verbs of saying, as '.'m_! like dixit, he said it, Ex. xix. 25,
't.. and he told it, Gen. ix. 22; but also after other verbs, e. g. Gen.
xxxviii. 17, till thou (send) it; xxiv. 12, let (it) meet me.
3. There is, on the contrary, a redundancy of expression, when the noun
for which the pronoun stands is itself employed in apposition after it, e. g.
Ex. ii. 6, she saw him, the child; Ez. x. 3, fit i5hz when he went in,
the man; 1 Sam. xxi. 14. So also Gen. ii. 19, 1?tt_ S.2.. i5 to it, the
living creature; and with repetition of the preposition, Josh. i. 2.
4. In some instances the force of the nominal suffix or possessive pronoun has become so weak, that it has almost ceased to exist. E. g. liat
my Lord (prop. imy lords, see ~ 106, 2, b), used first in addressing God
(comp. Ps. xxxv. 23), then without regard to the pronominal suffix, the Lord,
meaning God;* l'o. (prop. in its connexions it together), e. g. l:n-bD
1n. Ex. xix. 8, then even after the first person, without regard to the suffix, as It_.Sn.. 1 Kings iii. 18; comp. Is. xli. 1, after the second person
in Is. xlv. 20. Similar is-hear, ye nations *? Micah i. 2.
the genitive, as in 1 Sam. xvii. 40. (Comp. the analogous mode of expressing the
genitive, ~ 113.)-In this case there is sometimes a pleonastic use of the suffix,
as i7b5ttX irtn prop. his litter of Solomon, Cant. iii. 7; comp. i. 6.
*'See Gesenii Thesaurus Lingua Hebreem, p. 329. Compare the Phaeni.
cian names of idols Adonis (Oi.) and Baaltis (^r9SS.), also the French Notr,
Dame.