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:github_url: https://git.door43.org/Door43/en_uhg/src/branch/master/content/gender_common.rst
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.. _gender_common:
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Gender Common
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Summary
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A word is classified as "common gender" if it can refer to either a
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grammatically-masculine or a grammatically-feminine person/thing.
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Article
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A word is parsed as "common" (in other systems sometimes "unmarked"),
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when it has potential to refer to either a
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:ref:`gender_masculine`
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or a
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:ref:`gender_feminine`
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person or thing. Words classified as "common gender" are usually
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pronouns or verbs.
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Examples
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- 1KI 18:22 - with a :ref:`pronoun_personal`
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:ref:`person_first`
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.. csv-table::
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אֲנִ֞י נֹותַ֧רְתִּי נָבִ֛יא לַיהוָ֖ה
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**'ani** nowtharti navi layhwah
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**I** I-am-left prophet for-Yahweh
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"I, **I alone**, am left as a prophet of Yahweh"
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- ISA 2:5 - with a
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:ref:`verb`
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first person
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.. csv-table::
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בֵּ֖ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב לְכ֥וּ **וְנֵלְכָ֖ה** בְּא֥וֹר יְהוָֽה
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beth ya'aqov lekhu **wenelekhah** be'or yehwah
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House-of Jacob come **and-let-us-walk** in-light-of Yahweh.
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"House of Jacob, come, **and let us walk** in the light of Yahweh."
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- ISA 28:7 - with the plural "near" form of the :ref:`pronoun_demonstrative`
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.. csv-table::
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וְגַם־\ **אֵ֨לֶּה֙** בַּיַּ֣יִן שָׁג֔וּ
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wegam-\ **'elleh** bayyayin shagu
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And-also\_\ **these** in-the-wine reel
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But even **these** reel with wine
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