Possessive Suffixes on Nouns

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Hebrew often uses a suffix at the end of a noun to indicate ownership. There are twenty different suffixes: ten for singular nouns and ten more for plural nouns.

Possessive Suffixes Attached to Nouns in Singular form

my (f.s.)

yiX

my (m.s.)

your (f.s.)	%eX	^.X	your (m.s.)
her (f.s.)	H'X	AX	his (m.s.)

our (f.pl.)

WneX

our (m.pl.)

your (f.pl.)	!,k.X	~,k.X	your (m.pl.)
their (f.pl.)	!'X	~'X	their (m.pl.)

Example: Singular Noun = "song" = ryiv

my (f.s.) song

yiryiv

my (m.s.) song

your (f.s.) song	%eryiv	^.ryiv	your (m.s.) song
her (f.s.) song	H'ryiv	Aryiv	his (m.s.) song

our (f.pl.) song

Wneryiv

our (m.pl.) song

your (f.pl.) song	!,k.ryiv	~,k.ryiv	your (m.pl.) song
their (f.pl.) song	!'ryiv	~'ryiv	their (m.pl.) song

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Possessive Suffixes on Nouns (cont'd)

Possessive Suffixes Attached to Nouns in Plural form

my (f.s.)

y;X

my (m.s.)

your (f.s.)	%iy;X	^y,X	your (m.s.)
her (f.s.)	'hy,X	wy'X	his (m.s.)

our (f.pl.)

WnyeX

our (m.pl.)

your (f.pl.)	!,kyeX	~,kyeX	your (m.pl.)
their (f.pl.)	!,hyeX	~,hyeX	their (m.pl.)

Example: Plural Noun = "songs" = ~yiryiv

my (f.s.) songs

y;ryiv

my (m.s.) songs

your (f.s.) songs	%iy;ryiv	^y,ryiv	your (m.s.) songs
her (f.s.) songs	'hy,ryiv	wy'ryiv	his (m.s.) songs

our (f.pl.) songs

Wnyeryiv

our (m.pl.) songs

your (f.pl.) songs	!,kyeryiv	~,kyeryiv	your (m.pl.) songs
their (f.pl.) songs	!,hyeryiv	~,hyeryiv	their (m.pl.) songs

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