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Cognate accusatives — Hebraic and Semitic phrases in the Book of Mormon (C19, B1)


  • A cognate accusative is a grammatic device in which a verb is followed by a noun that is derived from same origin (i.e. ‘dreamed a dream’).  This device is used frequently in Hebraic and Semitic literature, and is also found numerous times in the Book of Mormon!  This device is rarely used in the English language.
  • Genesis 1:11  (B1)
  • Genesis 1:26  (B2)
  • Genesis 37:5  (B57)
  • Genesis 41:11  (B62)
  • Exodus 39:30  (B143)
  • 1 Samuel 1:11  (B382)
  • Isaiah 5:6  (B867)
  • Isaiah 14:26  (B880)
  • Isaiah 35:2  (B902)
  • Joel 3:1  (B1136)
  • John 9:4  (B1343)
  • 1 Nephi 2:23  (M5)
  • 1 Nephi 3:2  (M5)
  • 1 Nephi 8:2  (M14)
  • 1 Nephi 13:5  (M24)
  • 1 Nephi 14:7  (M28)
  • 2 Nephi 1:22  (M55)
  • 2 Nephi 5:15  (M66)
  • 2 Nephi 15:6  (M84)
  • 2 Nephi 24:26  (M96)
  • Jacob 3:3  (M122)
  • Enos 1:13  (M137)
  • Mosiah 4:16  (M156)
  • Mosiah 7:15  (M160)
  • Mosiah 11:10  (M168)
  • Mosiah 23:5  (M190)
  • Mosiah 29:29  (M206)
  • Mosiah 29:43  (M207)
  • Alma 18:5  (M253)
  • Alma 29:4  (M279)
  • Alma 59:7  (M357)
  • 3 Nephi 21:9  (M451)
  • 4 Nephi 1:46  (M468)
  • Ether 10:23  (M506)
  • Doctrine and Covenants 20:30  (D36)  [justification is just]

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