Language formalities

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Personal pronouns

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Demonstrative pronouns

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Suffixes: prepositions

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Suffixes: particles

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Suffixes: nouns

Hebrew - Pronominal suffixes with prepositions

Pronominal suffixes are shortened forms of personal pronouns, and may be attached directly to prepositions, particles, nouns or verbs. There are a number of standard patterns to the use with prepositions:

With b^e and l^e

Person	Singular		Plural
3M	* him	-ôw	-âhem	* them
3F	* her	-âh	-âhen	* them
2M	* you	ekhâ	-âkhem	* you
2F	* you	-âkh	-âkhen	* you
1	* me	-îy	-ânû	* us

eg bîy, b^ekhâ, lânû etc.

With k^e

Person	Singular		Plural
3M	like him	kâmôwhû	kâhem	like them
3F	like her	kâmôâh	kâhen	like them
2M	like you	kâmôwkhâ	kâkhem	like you
2F
1	like me	kâmôwnû	kâmôwnû	like us

Where the preposition takes daghesh forte

With ’êth
With the preposition ’êth (with - so not the particle ’êth), a daghesh forte is inserted in the consonant before the suffix:

Person	Singular		Plural
3M	with him	’ôthôw, ’ittôw	’ôthôwâm, ’ittâm	with them
3F	with her	’ittâh
2M	with you	’ôthekhâ, ’ittekhâ	’êthekhem, ’ittekhem	with you
2F	with you	’ôthâkh, ’ittâkh
1	with me	’ôthîy, ’ittîy	’ôthânû, ’ittânû	with us

With l^ebad
l^ebad means alone, by himself/itself, and takes daghesh forte in the d with all suffixes:

Person	Singular		Plural
3M	by himself	lebaddû	lebaddâm	by themselves
3F	by herself	lebaddâh	lebaddehen	by themselves
2M	like you	lebaddekhâ	lebaddekhem	like you
2F
1	by myself	lebaddîy

With ‘im
‘im is another variation on with, and takes daghesh forte in the m with all suffixes:

Person	Singular		Plural
3M	with him	‘immôw	‘immâm, ‘immâhem	with them
3F	with her	‘immâh
2M	with you	‘immekhâ, ‘immâkh	‘immâkhem	with you
2F
1	with me	‘immîy, ‘immâdîy	‘immânû	with us

With min

min (from) is irregular. In some cases it is duplicated (so 1s is literally 'from from me'), in some partially duplicated (2ms and 2fs) and in some not at all (eg 2mp). The n is normally assimilated, leading to other changes in the verbs.

Person	Singular		Plural
3M	from him	mimmennû	mêhem	from them
3F	from her	mimmennâh	mêhen	from them
2M	from you	mimmekhâ	mikhem	from you
2F	from you	mimmêkh	mikhen	from you
1	from me	mimmennîy	mimmennû	from us

Where the preposition takes the same suffixes as plural nouns

With lîph^enêy
lîph^enêy - 'to the face of' is taken to mean 'before', 'in front of'.

Person	Singular		Plural
3M	before him	lephânâyv	lîphenêyhem	before them
3F	before her	lephâneyâh
2M	before you	lephâneykhâ	lîphenêykhem	before you
2F	before you	lephânayikh
1	before me	lephânay	lephâneynû	before us

With ’el
’el means 'to, unto' and changes as follows:

Person	Singular		Plural
3M	unto him	’êlâyv	’alêyhem	unto them
3F	unto her	’êleyâh	’alêyhen	unto them
2M	unto you	’êleykhâ	’alêykhem	unto you
2F	unto you	’alayikh	’alêykhen	unto you
1	unto me	’êlay	’êleynû	unto us

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