FONH BOWNTOS

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Aug 3 08:39:26 EDT 1999


At 7:50 AM -0400 8/3/99, Benjamin Raymond wrote:
>I am not understanding the construction from Isaiah 40:3 FONH BOWNTOS.
>
>Why is it not FONH BOWSA?

Because BOWNTOS is a masculine (indefinite) substantive: it's not "a voice
shouting" but "a voice of (a person) shouting."


Carl W. Conrad
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