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==Repetition of the Possessive Pronoun==
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In lists the Hebrew language repeats the possessive pronoun (e.g., their, our, your, thy, his, her) before each of the nouns to which it refers, a convention that is uncommon in English usage. The Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) preserves many examples of this Hebrew usage. For instance, the pronoun our is used six times in the King James Version of Exodus 10:9: "And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go" (emphasis added). Other biblical examples include the repetition of our five times in {{b||Deuteronomy|26|7}}, their four times in Genesis 10:20, your five times in {{b||Exodus|12|11}}, your four times in {{b||Leviticus|26|30}}, and our six times in Nehemiah 9:32.

Many examples of this usage appear in the Book of Mormon. For instance, the possessive pronoun your is used twelve times in {{s|3|Nephi|30|2}}:

:Turn, all ye Gentiles, from ''your'' wicked ways; and repent of ''your'' evil doings, of ''your'' lyings and deceivings, and of ''your'' whoredoms, and of ''your'' secret abominations, and ''your'' idolatries, and of ''your'' murders, and ''your'' priestcrafts, and ''your'' envyings, and ''your'' strifes, and from all ''your'' wickedness and abominations, and come unto me, and be baptized in my name, that ye may receive a remission of ''your'' sins, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. (emphasis added)

Other examples of the repeated possessive pronoun in the Book of Mormon include your four times in {{s||Mosiah|4|30}}, their eight times in {{s||Mosiah|11|3}}, your three times in {{s||Alma|32|42}}, our nine times in {{s||Alma|44|5}}, thy four times in {{s||Alma|38|3}}, and their twelve times in {{s||Helaman|3|14}}.<ref>{{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=7 Chapter 7], {{sofr}}|author=Donald W. Parry|article=Hebraisms and Other Ancient Peculiarities in the Book of Mormon}}</ref></blockquote></onlyinclude>

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