Hebrew For Dummies. Jill Suzanne Jacobs
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TABLE 2-3 Personal Pronouns Used as Objects
Hebrew | Pronunciation | Translation |
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אוֹתִי | oh-tee | me (M/F/NB) |
אוֹתְךָ | oht-ḥa | you (MS) |
אוֹתָךְ | oh-taḥ | you (FS) |
אוֹתוֹ | oh-toh | him |
אוֹתָה | oh-tah | her |
אוֹתָנוּ | oh-tah-noo | us (MP/FP) |
אֶתְכֶם | eht-ḥem | you (MP) |
אֶתְכֶן | eht-chen | you (FP) |
אוֹתָם | oh-tahm | them (MP) |
אוֹתָן | oh-tahn | them (FP) |
Showing possession
Hebrew, like English, has stand-alone possessive pronouns, such as “mine,” “yours,” “his,” “ours,” and “theirs.” You’ll notice a few differences, however. First, the stand-alone possessive pronoun comes after the noun and not before, as in English. In addition, if an object has possession, it has to be a definite object, so you must add the prefix הַכּוֹבַע שֶׁלִּי (hah-koh-vah sheh-lee; literally: the hat mine).
In addition, Hebrew differentiates between the singular and plural “your” in both the masculine and feminine forms. Check out Table 2-4 to see the differences.
TABLE 2-4 Stand-Alone Possessive Pronouns
Hebrew | Pronunciation | Translation |
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שֶׁלִּי | sheh-lee | my, mine |
שֶׁלְּךָ | shel-cha | your, yours (MS) |
שֶׁלָּךְ | sheh-lach | your, yours (FS) |
שֶׁלּוֹ | sheh-loh | his |
שֶׁלָּה | sheh-lah | her, hers |
שֶׁלָּנוּ | she-lah-noo | ours |
שֶׁלָּכֶם | sheh-lah-ḥem | your, yours (MP) |
שֶׁלָּכֶן | sheh-lah-hen | your, yours (FP) |
שֶׁלָּהֶם | sheh-lah-hem | their, theirs (MP) |
שֶׁלָּהֶן | sheh-lah-hen | their, theirs (FP) |
Hebrew doesn’t have different words for “my” and “mine.” Both concepts are expressed in the Hebrew word שֶׁלִּי (sheh-lee; my, mine). Also, “your” and “yours” are expressed with the same word.
In English, you sometimes pair a pronoun with another noun to show possession, as in “my teacher,” “your hat,” “his paper,” and so on. In Hebrew, you can show that a noun belongs to someone by attaching a suffix to the noun. The suffix changes according to the personal pronoun it represents and is called a pronomial suffix. The Nonbinary Hebrew Project has created nonbinary pronomial suffixes. The forms for male/female and nonbinary pronomial suffixes in both singular and plural form are shown in Table 2-5 and Table 2-6.TABLE 2-5 Male and Female Pronomial Suffixes
י | ee | mine |
וֹ | oh | his |
ה | ah | hers |
ךָ | hah | yours (MS) |
ךְ | ech | yours (FS) |
כֶם | hem | yours (MP) |
כֵן | hen | yours (FP) |
הֶם | hem | theirs (M) |