06-14-2011, 08:03 PM
Paul Younan Wrote:Shlama Akhi Jerry,I didn't see anything there where you pointed out that (Mau-Re`) was the singular construct, and not the absolute as you claimed a couple of posts above.
I already pointed out that in this post:
http://www.peshitta.org/forum/viewtopic....&start=165
+Shamasha
Regardless, now that I have differentiated (Mau-Re`) for you as the construct, perhaps we can address (Mau-Rau`).
I agree with you that Luke 14:23 and a couple of other verses suggest the emphatic for (Mau-Rau`) vs. the absolute.
However, if (Mau-Rau`) is the singular emphatic, it doesn't make (MauR-Yau`) a proper noun. Other nouns add a consonant to create two singular emphatics. It is done to add an attribute to the base emphatic, such as turning "the-day" into "this-day", or "the-week" into "the-Sabbath", likely a literal meaning to the effect of "the-weekend" or "the-last-of-week".
Similarly, for (MauR-Yau`) it is a matter of determining what that added attribute is. You are convinced it makes it a proper noun. I am of the opinion it shares the same added attribute used for the "captive" noun, more a grammatical device of some sort, likely a type of denominative emphatic similar to "this-day" vs. "the-day", but of course not "this".