וְנִתְּנָה Gen. 29:27

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Isaac Fried
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וְנִתְּנָה Gen. 29:27

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The personal pronoun נִ NI attached to this act וְ-נִ-תְּנָ-ה seems to me to refer to the actors,אנוּ, promising to perform this deed of נתן NTN, 'give', namely Laban's family.

Isaac Fried, Boston University
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