Samuel_Kim_en_uhg/content/number_dual.rst

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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
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
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Masculine dual absolute

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אָזְנַיִם

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'aznayim

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(both) ears

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Masculine dual contruct

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אָזְנֵי

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'azney

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(both) ears of

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Female dual absolute

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יָדַיִם

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yadayim

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(both) hands

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Feminine dual construct

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יְדֵי

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yede

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(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
pairs, such as eyes עֵינַ֥יִם or ears אָזְנַ֣יִם.

-  DEU 29:4 (DEU 29:3 in Hebrew)

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   וְלֹֽא־נָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם לֵב֙ לָדַ֔עַת **וְעֵינַ֥יִם** לִרְא֖וֹת
   **וְאָזְנַ֣יִם** לִשְׁמֹ֑עַ

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   welo-nathan yehwah lakhem lev lada'ath **we'enayim** lir'oth
   **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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   Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, **eyes** to see **or ears**
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