Samuel_Kim_en_uhg/content/gender_common.rst

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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
grammatically-masculine or a grammatically-feminine person/thing.

Article
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A word is parsed as "common" (in other systems sometimes "unmarked"),
when it has potential to refer to either a
:ref:`gender_masculine`
or a
:ref:`gender_feminine`
person or thing. Words classified as "common gender" are usually
pronouns or verbs.

Examples
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-  1KI 18:22 - with a :ref:`pronoun_personal`
   :ref:`person_fist`

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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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   first person

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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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   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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