Hebrew For Dummies. Jill Suzanne Jacobs

and feminine plural (FP). Table 2-3 lists the objective case pronouns.

TABLE 2-3 Personal Pronouns Used as Objects

Hebrew	Pronunciation	Translation
אוֹתִי	oh-tee	me (M/F/NB)
אוֹתְךָ	oht-ḥa	you (MS)
אוֹתָךְ	oh-taḥ	you (FS)
אוֹתוֹ	oh-toh	him
אוֹתָה	oh-tah	her
אוֹתָנוּ	oh-tah-noo	us (MP/FP)
אֶתְכֶם	eht-ḥem	you (MP)
אֶתְכֶן	eht-chen	you (FP)
אוֹתָם	oh-tahm	them (MP)
אוֹתָן	oh-tahn	them (FP)

      Showing possession

      Hebrew, like English, has stand-alone possessive pronouns, such as “mine,” “yours,” “his,” “ours,” and “theirs.” You’ll notice a few differences, however. First, the stand-alone possessive pronoun comes after the noun and not before, as in English. In addition, if an object has possession, it has to be a definite object, so you must add the prefix הַכּוֹבַע שֶׁלִּי (hah-koh-vah sheh-lee; literally: the hat mine).

In addition, Hebrew differentiates between the singular and plural “your” in both the masculine and feminine forms. Check out Table 2-4 to see the differences.

TABLE 2-4 Stand-Alone Possessive Pronouns

Hebrew	Pronunciation	Translation
שֶׁלִּי	sheh-lee	my, mine
שֶׁלְּךָ	shel-cha	your, yours (MS)
שֶׁלָּךְ	sheh-lach	your, yours (FS)
שֶׁלּוֹ	sheh-loh	his
שֶׁלָּה	sheh-lah	her, hers
שֶׁלָּנוּ	she-lah-noo	ours
שֶׁלָּכֶם	sheh-lah-ḥem	your, yours (MP)
שֶׁלָּכֶן	sheh-lah-hen	your, yours (FP)
שֶׁלָּהֶם	sheh-lah-hem	their, theirs (MP)
שֶׁלָּהֶן	sheh-lah-hen	their, theirs (FP)

Hebrew doesn’t have different words for “my” and “mine.” Both concepts are expressed in the Hebrew word שֶׁלִּי (sheh-lee; my, mine). Also, “your” and “yours” are expressed with the same word.

In English, you sometimes pair a pronoun with another noun to show possession, as in “my teacher,” “your hat,” “his paper,” and so on. In Hebrew, you can show that a noun belongs to someone by attaching a suffix to the noun. The suffix changes according to the personal pronoun it represents and is called a pronomial suffix. The Nonbinary Hebrew Project has created nonbinary pronomial suffixes. The forms for male/female and nonbinary pronomial suffixes in both singular and plural form are shown in Table 2-5 and Table 2-6.

TABLE 2-5 Male and Female Pronomial Suffixes

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י	ee	mine
וֹ	oh	his
ה	ah	hers
ךָ	hah	yours (MS)
ךְ	ech	yours (FS)
כֶם	hem	yours (MP)
כֵן	hen	yours (FP)
הֶם	hem	theirs (M)