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The following is a list of Hebrew pronouns.
| אֲנִי and אָנֹכִי | | I |
| אֲ
נוּ and אֲנָחְנוּ | | We |
| אַתָּה | | You (masc, sing) |
| אַתְּ | | You (fem, sing) |
| אַתֶּם | | You (masc, plural) |
| אַתֶּן | | You (fem, plural) |
| הוּא | | He |
| הִיא | | She |
| הֵם | | They (masc) |
| הֵן | | They (fem) |
Possessive pronouns are written as suffixes to a noun. For instance, the word יָדוֹ is the word יָד (hand) with the possessive pronoun וֹ (of him). So, יָדוֹ means “hand of him” or, in proper English grammar, “his hand.” Below is a list of the possessive pronoun suffixes.
| ִי | | of me |
| נוּ | | of us |
| ךָ | | of you (masc, sing) |
| ךְ | | of you (fem, sing) |
| כֶם | | of you (masc, plural) |
| כֶן | | of you (fem, plural) |
| וֹ | | of him |
| ָה | | of her |
| ֶם | | of them (masc) |
| ֶן | | of them (fem) |
These pronoun suffixes can also be used in conjunction with the prefixes previously discussed. The word בּוֹ is a combination of the prefix בּ meaning “in” and the pronoun suffix וֹ meaning “him” - “in him.” Another common Biblical example is לְךָ meaning “to you.”
When a plural noun is suffixed by a possessive pronoun some changes occur within the word. Let's start with the noun בֵּן meaning “son.” When the suffix וֹ is added this noun becomes בֵּנוֹ meaning “son of him” or “his son.” Now let's make the noun בֵּן plural by adding the suffix ים and we have בֵּנִים meaning “sons.” If we wanted to say “his sons” we would add the possessive pronoun ו (of him) but we drop the ם and we have the word בֵּנָיו (bey-nav) meaning "his sons."
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