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אִנּוּן‏ pron. they, them

they Com^-OA^-OfA. Ezra5:4 : מַן־אִנּוּן שְׁמָהָת גֻּבְרַיָּא‏ who are they, the names of the men?. those (i.e. plural far demonstrative) BA^Dan, Jud. Dan2:44 : וּבְיוֹמֵיהוֹן דִּי מַלְכַיָּא אִנּוּן‏ and in the days of those kings.

them (i.e. as independent object pronoun) BA^Dan, Qumran, Syr. Dan6:25 : וּלְגֹב אַרְיָוָתָא רְמוֹ אִנּוּן בְּנֵיהוֹן וּנְשֵׁיהוֹן‏ they threw them and their children and their wives into the lions' den. 4QTob b4.3.4=07:1 : ואעל אנון לביתה‏ he brought them into his house. CTLevi ar b C.10 : ובקר אינון לקודמין מן תולעא ובאדין הסק אינון‏ first check them out for worms and then offer them.

as copula Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. 4QEn^e1.22.1 : והא֗ א֗לן אנון פחתיא לבית עגנין‏ now these are the pits for the prison. TgO Gen40:12 : תְלָתָה שִבשִין תְלָתָה יוֹמִין אִינוּן‏ the three branches are three days. CTLevi ar b C.16 : ואלין אינון שמהתהון‏ these are their names.

See also s.v. hnwn. The dialectal and semantic distribution of this form (along with fem. ˀnyn) varies greatly. In early and Palestinian contexts it appears to be colloquial, in later and Eastern contexts, purely literary. (Note especially that it is the only form found in JLA.) Only in Syriac is the distribution totally clear: this form is the enclitic, copulative, and object form, while heh-initial forms are the independent, subject forms.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 119a; Jastrow: 6; Levy Ch-W: 1:40; Tal Sam: 47; DJA: 32a; Cook,Qumran: 15;

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Derivatives:

ˀynhw (ˀinnhū) pron. they (m.)