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.. _pronoun_relative:

Pronoun Relative
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Summary
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Relative pronouns are pronouns which function as a relative particle, that is, to introduce a phrase or clause that describes a noun.

Article
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Either term is correct.  In English, the relative pronouns include: “who", "what", “that", “which", "when", or "where".
In most cases, Biblical Hebrew simply uses either the :ref:`relative particle<particle_relative>` אֲשֶׁר or the prefix -שֶׁ to
introduce a relative clause.  However, in rare instances Biblical Hebrew uses certain other pronouns to serve this same function.

.. note:: In Biblical Hebrew, the terms "relative pronoun" and "relative particle" are two different names for the same thing.  

זוּ
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.. csv-table:: Example: EXO 15:13

  עַם־\ **ז֣וּ** גָּאָ֑לְתָּ
  'am-**zu** ga'alta
  people\_\ **whom** you-rescued
  people you have rescued

זֶה
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זֶה is a :ref:`demonstrative<pronoun_demonstrative>` pronoun which sometimes functions as a
:ref:`relative particle<particle_relative>`.

.. csv-table:: Example: PSA 78:54

  הַר־\ **זֶ֝֗ה** קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֹֽו׃
  har-\ **zeh** qonthah yeminow
  mountain\_\ **which** has-acquired his-right-hand
  to this mountain **that** his right hand acquired.
  
זוֹ / זֹה  
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The two feminine :ref:`demonstratives<pronoun_demonstrative>` זֹה and זוֹ can also function as a :ref:`relative particle<particle_relative>`.

.. csv-table:: Example: ??? ??:??

  הַר־\ **זֶ֝֗ה** קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֹֽו׃
  har-\ **zeh** qonthah yeminow
  mountain\_\ **which** has-acquired his-right-hand
  to this mountain **that** his right hand acquired.
  
.. csv-table:: Example: ??? ??:??

  הַר־\ **זֶ֝֗ה** קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֹֽו׃
  har-\ **zeh** qonthah yeminow
  mountain\_\ **which** has-acquired his-right-hand
  to this mountain **that** his right hand acquired.