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Well if you would like I can get involved in dueling references.Dr. Al Garza on the antecedent in Daniel 9:
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My main reference is a native Hebrew Speaker, who also besides a THD and a masters in Greek grammar, also earned a bachelors in Hebrew Grammar from Hebrew U in Tel Aviv! Him as well as almost all Hebrew grammar sources online from Hebrew scholars in grammar. His name is Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum. This also shows the rule of grammar discussed! "his" refers back to the native Hebrew speaker and bypasses scholars because "scholars" do not match case and gender while "native speaker does".
He is the rule governing personal pronouns. when a personal pronoun is used it refers back to the closest personal noun that matches its case and gender.
The he of Daniel 9:27 is masculine singular, so it refers back to teh closest masculine singular personal noun before it.
Now in Daniel 9:26 there are two personal nouns and a personal pronoun.
The personal pronoun (himself) refers back to Messiah.
However after the personal noun messiah there appears a personal noun! It is Prince (of the people to come)
So by rule the he of 27 has to refer back to teh Prince. There is no warrant or rule in Hebrew to allow for a personal pronoun to skip a personal noun to refer back to another personal noun when the gender and case match!
Now, my wife is a fron tline hospital worker. I convinced her to take a few days off so I can take her away for refreshing and recharging. See you all on Friday!
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