decrease, so that by the Mishna, ה-participial relatives are favored 11-to-1 over שׁ-participial relatives (שׁ replacing אשׁר by this point), illustrated by the data listed in (38). (38) אשׁר/שׁ + participle relative clauses: (a) Hebrew Bible: Gen 7:8; 39:22; Num 21:34; Deut 1:4; 3:2; 4:46; 1 Kgs 5:13; Isa 11:10; 49:7; Jer 38:16; Ezek 9:2; 13:3; 43:1; Zech 11:5; Pss 115:8; 135:18; Eccl 4:1; 8:12, 14; Esth 8:8; Neh 5:2, 3, 4; 2 Chr 34:10. (b) Qumran: 1QS 11:6; 4Q274 fli:8; 4Q410 fl:3; 4Q419 fl:9;
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