Samuel_Kim_en_uhg/content/number_dual.rst

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.. _number_dual:

Number Dual
===========

Summary
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Dual (two, pair) refers to more than a group of items that happens to be
two, but specifically to things that almost always come in pairs, like
hands and eyes.

Article
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Form
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Both
:ref:`gender_masculine`
and
:ref:`gender_feminine`
dual
:ref:`noun`
have the same ending, ־ַ֫ יִם ("-ayim"). They have a pataq before the
yod and a hireq under it.

Dual nouns use
:ref:`adjective`.

Paradigm
~~~~~~~~

.. csv-table:: Dual Paradigm

  Word,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
  Masculine dual absolute,אָזְנַיִם,'aznayim,(both) ears
  Masculine dual contruct,אָזְנֵי,'azney,(both) ears of
  Female dual absolute,יָדַיִם,yadayim,(both) hands
  Feminine dual construct,יְדֵי,yede,(both) hands of

Function
--------

Dual does not just mean two. It means that the two usually come in
pairs, such as eyes עֵינַ֥יִם or ears אָזְנַ֣יִם.

.. csv-table:: Example: DEU 29:4 (DEU 29:3 in Hebrew)

  "וְלֹֽא־נָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם לֵב֙ לָדַ֔עַת **וְעֵינַ֥יִם** לִרְא֖וֹת
     **וְאָזְנַ֣יִם** לִשְׁמֹ֑עַ"
  "welo-nathan yehwah lakhem lev lada'ath **we'enayim** lir'oth
     **we'oznayim** lishmoa'"
  "And-not\_has-given Yahweh to-them heart to-know **and-eyes** to-see
     **and-ears** to hear."
  "Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, **eyes** to see **or ears**
     to hear."