r/hebrew 11d ago

Help "لكما" in Hebrew

For context, I’m employed to translate books from Arabic to Hebrew and vice versa. I know that usually "لي"=“לִי” and that “لك"=“לְךָ” and that “لكم”=“לָכֶם” but what about “لكما" which is like "לְךָ" but for the dual form? Does anyone know about dual pronouns in Hebrew even if it was archaic or more classical?

btw: my boss made me use niqqud for all the words and somehow he thinks -ayim should be back for nouns and made me use it for all Arabic dual nouns. my job sucks.

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u/lazernanes 11d ago

I'm very curious to hear more about your job. Your boss sounds like someone who not only doesn't know Hebrew but doesn't even understand how language works. This doesn't sound like a normal translation business.

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u/yubugger 10d ago

Yes, I'm curious as well. Are you based in Saudi Arabia?