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- Quiet Binyanim in a Genealogy: How Form Shapes Ancestral Flow
- The Hebrew Verb זָקֵן: To Grow Old, Become Aged
- Bitter Waters and Hidden Binyanim: The Verb Forms Behind the Trial of Jealousy
- The Hebrew Verb זִמֵּן: To Appoint, Prepare, or Designate (Post-Biblical)
- Chronology and Conjunction: Coordinated Cardinal Numbers in Biblical Hebrew
- The Hebrew Verb זָכַר: To Remember, Recall, or Be Mindful
- Living and Dying in Syntax: Waw-Consecutive and Numerical Structure in Genealogies
- The Hebrew Verb זָכָה: To Be Innocent, To Be Pure, or To Attain
- Who Has Heard and Lived? — Interrogatives, Apposition, and the Grammar of Wonder
- The Hebrew Verb זָחַל: To Crawl, Creep, or Slither
- What Turned It All Away — Fronted Guilt and the Syntax of Withheld Goodness
- The Hebrew Verb הָרַס: To Destroy, Tear Down, or Demolish
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Quiet Binyanim in a Genealogy: How Form Shapes Ancestral Flow
וַֽיְחִי־לֶ֗מֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֹולִידֹ֣ו אֶת־נֹ֔חַ חָמֵ֤שׁ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיֹּ֥ולֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֹֽות׃ (Genesis 5:30) And Lemekh lived after he had begotten Noaḥ five and ninety years and five hundred years and he begot sons and daughters Introduction: Rhythm of … Continue reading
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Bitter Waters and Hidden Binyanim: The Verb Forms Behind the Trial of Jealousy
זֹ֥את תֹּורַ֖ת הַקְּנָאֹ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּשְׂטֶ֥ה אִשָּׁ֛ה תַּ֥חַת אִישָׁ֖הּ וְנִטְמָֽאָה׃ (Numbers 5:29) This is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray under her husband and becomes defiled Introduction: Grammatical Framing of Moral Crisis This verse sits at the end … Continue reading
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When Speech Echoes and Signs Confirm: Binyanim That Bridge God and People
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אַהֲרֹ֔ן אֵ֚ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָאֹתֹ֖ת לְעֵינֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃ (Exodus 4:30) And Aharon spoke all the words which YHWH had spoken to Moshe and he did the signs before the eyes of the people Introduction: Transmitting Authority Through … Continue reading
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Strike and Spare Not: The Force of the Binyanim in Parental Discipline
אַל־תִּמְנַ֣ע מִנַּ֣עַר מוּסָ֑ר כִּֽי־תַכֶּ֥נּוּ בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶט לֹ֣א יָמֽוּת׃ (Proverbs 23:13) Do not withhold discipline from a youth for if you strike him with the rod he will not die Introduction: A Verse of Tension and Training Proverbs 23:13 addresses discipline—its necessity, … Continue reading
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Strike, Save, and Seek: How the Binyanim Build the Battle
וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל דָּוִ֤ד בַּֽיהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַאֵלֵ֣ךְ וְהִכֵּ֔יתִי בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה ס וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד לֵ֚ךְ וְהִכִּ֣יתָ בַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְהֹושַׁעְתָּ֖ אֶת־קְעִילָֽה׃ (1 Samuel 23:2) And Dawid inquired of YHWH saying shall I go and strike down these Pelishtim and YHWH said to Dawid go … Continue reading
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When the Soul Sinks and Soars: The Binyanim of Inner Dialogue
מַה־תִּשְׁתֹּ֬וחֲחִ֨י נַפְשִׁי֮ וַתֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הֹוחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־עֹ֥וד אֹודֶ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ות פָּנָֽיו׃ (Psalm 42:6) Why are you cast down my soul and why do you murmur within me hope in God for I shall yet praise Him the salvations of His face … Continue reading
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Between Joy and Judgment: The Binyanim That Pull the Soul
שְׂמַ֧ח בָּח֣וּר בְּיַלְדוּתֶ֗יךָ וִֽיטִֽיבְךָ֤ לִבְּךָ֙ בִּימֵ֣י בְחוּרֹותֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּךְ֙ בְּדַרְכֵ֣י לִבְּךָ֔ וּבְמַרְאֵ֖י עֵינֶ֑יךָ וְדָ֕ע כִּ֧י עַל־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה יְבִֽיאֲךָ֥ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ (Ecclesiastes 11:9) Rejoice young man in your youth and let your heart make you good in the days of your young Read … Continue reading
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When the Stem Cuts Deep: The Power of Passive and Active Binyanim in Leviticus 7:20
וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאכַ֣ל בָּשָׂ֗ר מִזֶּ֤בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַיהוָ֔ה וְטֻמְאָתֹ֖ו עָלָ֑יו וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ (Leviticus 7:20) And the person who eats flesh from the slaughter-offering of peace which is for YHWH and his impurity is upon him that person shall be … Continue reading
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Beauty in the Future Tense: The Quiet Binyanim of Isaiah’s Vision
בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֗וּא יִֽהְיֶה֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות לַעֲטֶ֣רֶת צְבִ֔י וְלִצְפִירַ֖ת תִּפְאָרָ֑ה לִשְׁאָ֖ר עַמֹּֽו׃ (Isaiah 28:5) In that day YHWH of Hosts shall be for a crown of beauty and for a diadem of glory to the remnant of His people Introduction: A … Continue reading
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Leading the Praise: One Passive Binyan That Sings from the Shadows
וְהַלְוִיִּ֗ם יֵשׁ֧וּעַ בִּנּ֛וּי קַדְמִיאֵ֥ל שֵׁרֵבְיָ֖ה יְהוּדָ֣ה מַתַּנְיָ֑ה עַֽל־הֻיְּדֹ֖ות ה֥וּא וְאֶחָֽיו׃ (Nehemiah 12:8) And the Lĕwiyyim Yeshua Binnui Qadmīʾel Shērēvyah Yehudah Mattanyah over the thanksgivings he and his brothers Introduction: A Verse with Sparse Verbs and Deep Reverberations At first glance, … Continue reading
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