Here am I. Send me.

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Teo

#204217 Wed, 08 Mar 06 02:57 AM

1. Here am I. Send me.

2. Here I am. Send me.

What's the difference between them?

Teo

Joined on Tue, Sep 28 2004

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Thank you very much for your reply.

Difference between

Danyoo

#204237 Wed, 08 Mar 06 04:36 AM

#2 is the correct choice.

You would order the words as you did in #1 only if you are asking a question.

Where am I? (If you are lost you might ask this question)

Here am I? (Doesn't make sense)

Danyoo

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Teo

#204243 Wed, 08 Mar 06 05:07 AM

Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
Isaiah 6:7-9 (in Context) Isaiah 6 (Whole Chapter)
Isaiah 8:18
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Isaiah 8:17-19 (in Context) Isaiah 8 (Whole Chapter)
Isaiah 58:9
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
Isaiah 58:8-10 (in Context) Isaiah 58 (Whole Chapter)
Isaiah 65:1
[ Judgment and Salvation ] "I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, 'Here am I, here am I.'
Isaiah 65:1-3 (in Context) Isaiah 65 (Whole Chapter)
Hebrews 2:13
And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."
Hebrews 2:12-14 (in Context) Hebrews 2 (Whole Chapter)

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Clive

#204262 Wed, 08 Mar 06 06:14 AM

Hi,

Here am I. Send me.

As shown by the quotes from the Bible, Here am I is a bit archaic, a bit poetical.

It seems to me to add some stress to the I. It's still occasionally used.

eg I might say something like - Everybody's doing something interesting. Tom is on a trip to Africa, Fred is in China learning Chinese, Jim is at the Olympic Games, and here am I, just working in the local supermarket.

Best wishes, Clive

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Teo

#204968 Fri, 10 Mar 06 02:38 PM

What's the differecne between Here I am and I am here?

Teo

#204971 Fri, 10 Mar 06 02:42 PM

In the New International Version of the Holy Bile, 5 results were found for "Here am I" and 20 results were found for "Here I am."

No results were found for "I am here"

Teo

khoff

#205101 Sat, 11 Mar 06 03:00 AM

In Hebrew, the verb "to be" is generally omitted in the present tense. "Here I am" and "here am I" are various renditions of a single word in Hebrew ("heneini"), probably according to the translator's whim.

khoff

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Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

Present tenses, Tenses, Verbs

Clive

#205250 Sat, 11 Mar 06 06:53 PM

Hi,

What's the differecne between Here I am and I am here? Very little. With this kind of very short sentence, a great deal depends on the way you say it, and the context in which you say it.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive