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Recent Lessons
- The Peʿal Perfect in Narrative Sequence: Understanding אֲזַ֑ל and הֹודַֽע
- The Peʿal Imperfect as a Petitionary Form in Daniel 2:16
- Exploring the Emphatic State in the Title שַׁלִּיטָ֣א
- Unpacking the Relative Particle דִּי in Daniel 2:14
- Death Decreed: Aramaic Grammar of Persecution in Daniel 2:13
- Wrath and Decree: Volition and Intensity in Daniel 2:12
- The Existential Particle אִית Revisited: Theology and Ontology in Daniel 2:11
- The Aramaic Existential Particle אִית and Negative Existentials in Daniel 2:10
- Tense, Threat, and Timing: The Hitpaʿal Imperfect יִשְׁתַּנֵּא in Daniel 2:9
- Buying Time: The Participle זָבְנִין and Present-Tense Action in Biblical Aramaic
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Buying Time: The Participle זָבְנִין and Present-Tense Action in Biblical Aramaic
עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן־יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵיתֹ֔ון דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃
(Daniel 2:8) The king answered and said, “Surely I know that you are buying time, because you have seen that the matter has gone from me.” A King’s Suspicion and a Syntax of Accusation In Daniel 2:8, King Nebuchadnezzar levels an accusation with… Read the rest
(Daniel 2:8) The king answered and said, “Surely I know that you are buying time, because you have seen that the matter has gone from me.” A King’s Suspicion and a Syntax of Accusation In Daniel 2:8, King Nebuchadnezzar levels an accusation with… Read the rest
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