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Gen. 2:23לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻקְחָה זֹּאת
NIV: "she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man."
where לֻקְחָה = ל-הוּא-קח-היא, and where the internal PP הוּא, 'he', and the final PP היא, 'she', are both for the just created woman: the beneficiary of the act act לקח, 'take'.

Similarly, in Gen. 4:26
וּלְשֵׁת גַּם הוּא יֻלַּד בֵּן
NIV: "Seth also had a son"
where יֻלַּד = י-הוּא-לד, and where the internal PP הוּא, 'he', refers to the son: the beneficiary of the act ילד.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

What calls our attention to לֻקְחָה is the use here of the internal PP הוּא for the taken woman, instead of an external נִי NIY in the equivalent form נִלְקְחָה =נִ-לקח-היא.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

The verbal form XUXX seems to be liked in Genesis. We find it again in Gen. 3:19
עַד שׁוּבְךָ אֶל הָאֲדָמָה, כִּי מִמֶּנָּה לֻקָּחְתָּ
where לֻקָּחְתָּ = ל-הוּא-קח-אתה is in contrast with שׁוּבְךָ = שוּב-אכה, in which אכה, 'you', is used in place of אתה.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

There is no מִכֵּר MIKER form for the act מכר, 'sell', yet we notice 2:Ki. 2:7
וַיֹּאמֶר לְכִי מִכְרִי אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶן וְשַׁלְּמִי אֶת נִשְׁיֵךְ
where מִכְרִי = מ-היא-כר-היא, with both the internal and external היא referring to the the woman.
Also Amos 2:6
עַל מִכְרָם בַּכֶּסֶף צַדִּיק
where מִכְרָם = מ-היא-ר-הם, with both היא and הם being the performs of the evil acts.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

Ah, it is rather מִכְרָם = מ-היא-כר-הם

Isaac Fried, Boston University

In Ex. 21:8
לֹא יִמְשֹׁל לְמָכְרָהּ
NIV: "He has no right to sell her"
לְמָכְרָהּ = ל-מכר-היא has a mapik in the closing ה, and this end היא is referring to the girl maid.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

In 2Sam. 1:10
כִּי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יִחְיֶה אַחֲרֵי נִפְלוֹ
NIV: "because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive"
נִפְלוֹ = נ-היא-פל-הוּא is with an internal היא and external הוּא both referring to King Saul.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

Here is another one. Jer. 29:21
מִקּוֹל נִפְלָם רָעֲשָׁה הָאָרֶץ
where נִפְלָם = נ-היא-פל-הם is with an internal היא and an external הם, 'they', both referring to the enemies of Israel.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

Today we have read in Gen. 12:15
וַתֻּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה בֵּית פַּרְעֹה
"and she was taken into Pharaoh’s palace."
Here וַתֻּקַּח = בא-את-הוּא-קח with both PPs את and הוּא referring to Saray.

Isaac Fried, Boston University