Pronoun¶
Summary¶
A pronoun is a word that indirectly refers to a person or a thing. For example: “John” is a proper name, “man” is a common noun, and “he” is a pronoun; but all three terms can refer to the same person named “John”.
Article¶
Types¶
There are five categories of pronouns in both Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic.
Demonstrative pronoun¶
A demonstrative pronoun
refers to a specific person(s) or thing(s) in particular. In English, the following words are
demonstrative pronouns: “this”, “that”, “these”, “those”.
Indefinite pronoun¶
An indefinite pronoun
is a pronoun that refers to a person(s) or thing(s) in general but not to any specific person or thing in
particular. In English, they are usually translated as “whoever” (in reference to persons) or “whatever” (when referring to
things).
Interrogative pronoun¶
An interrogative pronoun
is a pronoun that appears at the beginning of a clause/sentence and indicates that the clause/sentence
is an interrogative question rather than an indicative statement.
Personal pronoun¶
Relative pronoun¶
A relative pronoun
is a pronoun that functions as a relative particle, that is, to introduce a phrase or clause that describes a noun.