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==Hebrew influence on Book of Mormon text: The Relative Clause==
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In Hebrew, the word that marks the beginning of a relative clause (generally translated which or who in English) does not always closely follow the word it refers back to, as it usually does in English. Some Book of Mormon passages give the impression of having been translated from such Hebrew sentences:

:"Our brother Nephi . . . has taken it upon him to be our ruler and our teacher, who are his elder brethren" (1 Nephi 16:37) instead of to be a ruler and teacher to us, who are his elder brethren.

:"The Egyptians were drowned in the Red Sea, who were the armies of Pharaoh" (1 Nephi 17:27) instead of the Egyptians, who were the armies of Pharaoh, were drowned in the Red Sea.

:"Then shall they confess, who live without God in the world" (Mosiah 27:31) instead of then shall they who live without God in the world confess.<ref>{{Book:Sorenson Thorne:Rediscovering the Book of Mormon|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1111&index=9 Chapter 8]|author=John A. Tvedtnes|article=The Hebrew Background of the Book of Mormon}}</ref></blockquote></onlyinclude>

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