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==Plural Amplification==
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In order to amplify or emphasize an idea, biblical Hebrew sometimes uses a noun in the plural when a singular is expected.23 The King James translators translated these Hebrew plural nouns into the English singular. In the following examples from the Old Testament the Hebrew readings appear in brackets.

:thy brother's blood [bloods] crieth unto me from the ground ({{s||Genesis|4|10}})
:and strength of salvation [salvations] ({{s||Isaiah|33|6}})
:O Lord God, to whom vengeance [vengeances] belongeth ({{s||Psalms|94|1}})
:Wisdom [wisdoms] crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets ({{s||Proverbs|1|20}})
:the wicked . . . shall be brought forth to the day of wrath [wraths] ({{s||Job|21|30}})

In many instances the Book of Mormon contains Hebrew-like plural nouns instead of the expected singular:

:there shall be bloodsheds ({{s|2|Nephi|1|12)
:the understandings of the children of men ({{s||Mosiah|8|20}})
:great condescensions unto the children of men ({{s||Jacob|4|7}})
:labor with their mights ({{s||Jacob|5|72}})
:great slaughters with the sword ({{s|1|Nephi|12|2}})
:there were . . . magics ({{s||Mormon|1|19}})
:their cunning and their lyings ({{s||Alma|20|13}})
:mine afflictions were great above all ({{s|1|Nephi|15|5}})
:destructions24 of my people ({{s|1|Nephi|15|5}})
:foolish imaginations of his heart ({{s|1|Nephi|2:11)<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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