The Designation of the Individual: Expressive Usage in Biblical Narrative

Abishai Absalom action addressee's Ahab Ahaziah änoki Araunah biblical Hebrew character choice clause compound designation context contrast coreferents corpus deference deferential forms deferential nominal described draw attention Elijah Elisha emotion epithet examples occur expressive fact father foreign king God's highlight immediacy indicate individual intended introduced introductory Jehoash Jehoram Jehu Jeroboam Joab King David king of Israel king of Judah King Saul King Solomon king's Lachish levite lord the king marked narrative narrator narrator's nominal designations noun occur in 18 patronymic person modal person plural person pronoun personal name Philistines phrase present presumably priest prophet question reason reflects Rehoboam relationship term represents request ruler Saul's second person pronouns servant Shaphan shows significant similar similarly simple designation singular pronoun situation speaker and addressee speaking speech statement status subordinate suggests superior third person reference tion title king treated typically usage usually vocative word Yahweh המלך יהוה