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.. _person_second:
Person Second
=============
Summary
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The second person form of a term refers to the person(s) being addressed by a writer or speaker.
Article
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In English, the second person pronouns are "you" and "your," used for both singular and plural. In Biblical Hebrew, terms which
are marked for second personal can change form according to both gender (:ref:`masculine<gender_masculine>` and
:ref:`feminine<gender_feminine>`) and number (:ref:`singular<number_singular>` or :ref:`plural<number_plural>`). In Biblical Hebrew,
:ref:`verbs<verb>`, :ref:`pronouns<pronoun_personal>`, and :ref:`pronominal suffixes<suffix_pronominal>` can all be marked
for third person.
Neither English nor Hebrew have a formal second person address. In many languages (including German, Spanish, and French),
a speaker addresses God using an informal address. In some other languages, such as Dutch, a speaker addresses God using a
formal address. For more information, see `translationAcademy <http://ufw.io/academy/>`_ and
`translationNotes <http://ufw.io/academy/>`_.
Form
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In Biblical Hebrew, a term marked for second person can be recognized by a variety of
changes to the form. These changes differ greatly from each other, so it is difficult to sum them up
in a simple, helpful way. The paradigm below shows a sample of the kinds of changes that signal a second person form.
Paradigm
~~~~~~~~
.. csv-table:: Second Person Qal Suffix Conjugation Forms
Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
second person masculine singular,קָטַלְתָּ,qatalta,you killed
second person feminine singular,קָטַלְתְּ,qatalt,you killed
second person masculine plural,קְטַלְתֶּם,qetaltem,you killed
second person feminine plural,קְטַלְתֶּן,qetalten,you killed
.. csv-table:: Second Person Qal Prefix Conjugation Forms
Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
second person masculine singular,תִּקְטֹל,tiqtol,you will kill
second person feminine singular,תִּקְטְלִי,tiqteli,you will kill
second person masculine plural,תִּקְטְלוּ,tiqtelu,you will kill
second person feminine plural,תִּקְטֹלְנָה,tiqtolenah,you will kill
.. csv-table:: Second Person Indepdent Personal Pronoun Forms
Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
second person masculine singular,אַתָּה,'attah,you
second person feminine singular,אַתְּ,'at,you
second person masculine plural,אַתֶּם,'attem,you
second person feminine plural,אַתֵּנָה,'attenah,you
.. csv-table:: Second Person Object Pronoun Forms
Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
second person masculine singular,אֹתְךָ,'othekha,you
second person feminine singular,אֹתָךְ,'othakh,you
second person masculine plural,אֹתְכֶֶם,'othekhem,you
second person feminine plural,אֹתְכֶֶן,'thekhem,you
.. csv-table:: Second Person Pronominal Suffix Forms
Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
second person masculine singular,לְךָ / - ְךָ,lekha / -ekha,(to) you
second person feminine singular,לָךְ / - ָךְ,lakh / -akh,(to) you
second person masculine plural,לָכֶם / -כֶם,lakhem / -khem,(to) you
second person feminine plural,לָכֶן / -כֶן,lakhen / -khen,(to) you
Examples
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:ref:`Finite verb<verb-finite>` marked for second person
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A :ref:`finite verb<verb-finite>` (and/or :ref:`verbal participle<participle_active-verbal>`) in second person form
indicates that the subject of the verb is the person(s) being addressed by the writer/speaker.
.. csv-table:: Example: JER 43:10
מִמַּ֛עַל לָאֲבָנִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֣ר טָמָ֑נְתִּי
mimma'al la'avanim ha'elleh 'asher **tamanti**
from-upwards-of to-the-stones the-these that **you-have-buried**.
over these stones that **you have buried**.
:ref:`Personal pronoun<pronoun_personal>` marked for second person
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A second person indpendent personal pronoun refers either to the person being addressed by the writer/speaker (for singular)
or to an entire group to which that person belongs (for plural).
.. csv-table:: Example: JER 12:1
צַדִּ֤יק אַתָּה֙
tsaddiq **'attah**
righteous **you**
**you** are righteous
:ref:`Pronominal suffix<suffix_pronominal>` marked for second person
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A second person pronominal suffix usually functions either as a personal pronoun (for verbs and prepositions) or as a possessive
adjective (for nouns).
As :ref:`attached to a verb<suffix_pronominal-verbs>`
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. csv-table:: Example: 2CH 15:2
וְאִֽם־\ **תִּדְרְשֻׁ֨הוּ֙** יִמָּצֵ֣א לָכֶ֔ם
we'im-\ **tidreshuhu** yimmatse **lakhem**
And-if\_\ **you-seek-him** he-will-be-found **by-you**
"If **you seek him**, he will be found **by you**"
As :ref:`attached to a noun<suffix_pronominal-nouns>`
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. csv-table:: Example: 1CH 29:12
וּבְיָדְךָ֖ כֹּ֣חַ וּגְבוּרָ֑ה
**uveyodkha** koah ugevurah
**and-in-your-hand** power and-strength.
**In your hand** is power and might.
As :ref:`attached to a preposition<suffix_pronominal-prepositions>`
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. csv-table:: Example: GEN 6:20
שְׁנַ֧יִם מִכֹּ֛ל יָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ
shenayim mikkol yavo'u **'eleykha**
two of-all will-come **to-you**
two of every sort will come **to you**
.. csv-table:: Example: PSA 74:16
לְךָ֣ יֹ֭ום אַף־\ **לְךָ֥** לָ֑יְלָה
**lekha** yowm 'af-**lekha** laylah
**To-you** day also\_\ **to-you** night
"The day is **yours**, and the night is **yours** also"