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:github_url: https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_uhg/src/branch/master/content/number_dual.rst
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.. _number_dual:
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Number Dual
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Summary
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Dual (two, pair) refers to more than a group of items that happens to be
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two, but specifically to things that almost always come in pairs, like
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hands and eyes.
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Article
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Form
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Both
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:ref:`gender_masculine`
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and
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:ref:`gender_feminine`
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dual
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:ref:`noun`
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have the same ending, ־ַ֫ יִם ("-ayim"). They have a pataq before the
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yod and a hireq under it.
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Dual nouns use
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:ref:`adjective`.
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Paradigm
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.. csv-table:: Dual Paradigm
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Word,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
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Masculine dual absolute,אָזְנַיִם,'aznayim,(both) ears
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Masculine dual contruct,אָזְנֵי,'azney,(both) ears of
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Female dual absolute,יָדַיִם,yadayim,(both) hands
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Feminine dual construct,יְדֵי,yede,(both) hands of
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Function
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Dual does not just mean two. It means that the two usually come in
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pairs, such as eyes עֵינַ֥יִם or ears אָזְנַ֣יִם.
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.. csv-table:: Example: DEU 29:4 (DEU 29:3 in Hebrew)
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"וְלֹֽא־נָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם לֵב֙ לָדַ֔עַת **וְעֵינַ֥יִם** לִרְא֖וֹת
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**וְאָזְנַ֣יִם** לִשְׁמֹ֑עַ"
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"welo-nathan yehwah lakhem lev lada'ath **we'enayim** lir'oth
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**we'oznayim** lishmoa'"
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"And-not\_has-given Yahweh to-them heart to-know **and-eyes** to-see
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**and-ears** to hear."
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"Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, **eyes** to see **or ears**
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to hear."
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