To learn to read and to understand the words of Scripture
אַחֲרָ֤יו יִשְׁאַג־קֹ֗ול יַ֭רְעֵם בְּקֹ֣ול גְּאֹונֹ֑ו וְלֹ֥א יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם כִּֽי־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קֹולֹֽו׃ (Job 37:4) Literal English Rendering: “After it a voice roars; he thunders with the voice of his majesty, and he does not restrain them when his voice is heard.” Natural English Translation: “After it, a voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does…
וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃ (Genesis 12:8) And he moved from there toward the hill-country east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent, Bethel from the west and Ai from the east, and he built there an altar to YHWH, and he called…
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיֹּ֑ום לְמַ֣עַן תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ וּבָאתֶם֙ וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם עֹבְרִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ (Deuteronomy 11:8) And you shall keep all the commandment that I am commanding you today, in order that you may become strong and may enter and may possess the land which you are crossing there to possess it. Methodological…
וַיָּבֹ֣א יְהֹושֻׁ֡עַ וְכָל־עַם֩ הַמִּלְחָמָ֨ה עִמֹּ֧ו עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם עַל־מֵ֥י מֵרֹ֖ום פִּתְאֹ֑ם וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ בָּהֶֽם׃ (Joshua 11:7) And Yehoshua came, and all the people of the war with him, against them at the waters of Mērom, suddenly, and they fell upon them. Methodological Orientation This study analyzes the verse through Biblical Hebrew narrative syntax and discourse pragmatics, focusing on…
וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁר־נִלְחֲמ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמֹּ֖ון עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד לָקַ֥חַת אֶת־יִפְתָּ֖ח מֵאֶ֥רֶץ טֹֽוב׃ (Judges 11:5) And it came to pass, when the sons of ʿAmmon fought with Yisraʾel, that the elders of Gilʿad went to take Yiphtaḥ from the land of Ṭov. Methodological Orientation This study examines the verse through the lens of Biblical Hebrew syntax, clause…
כִּ֣י הַ֭שָּׁתֹות יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּן צַ֝דִּ֗יק מַה־פָּעָֽל׃ (Psalm 11:3) For the foundations are torn down; the righteous, what has he done? Methodological Orientation This analysis approaches the verse through Biblical Hebrew syntax, poetic pragmatics, and interrogative structure. The verse is syntactically compact yet conceptually expansive, combining a causal clause with a rhetorical question. Its grammar encodes not…
וְנָחָ֥ה עָלָ֖יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֑ה ר֧וּחַ חָכְמָ֣ה וּבִינָ֗ה ר֤וּחַ עֵצָה֙ וּגְבוּרָ֔ה ר֥וּחַ דַּ֖עַת וְיִרְאַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃ (Isaiah 11:2) And the Spirit of YHWH shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and might, a spirit of knowledge and the fear of YHWH. Methodological Orientation This analysis examines the verse through Biblical…
יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה תֹּוסִ֣יף יָמִ֑ים וּשְׁנֹ֖ות רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה׃ (Proverbs 10:27) The fear of YHWH adds days, and the years of wicked ones are shortened. Methodological Orientation This study investigates the verse through the lens of Biblical Hebrew syntax, discourse pragmatics, and poetic structure. The analysis focuses exclusively on the grammar of the verse itself, exploring how…
וְנָסַ֗ע דֶּ֚גֶל מַחֲנֵ֣ה בְנֵי־דָ֔ן מְאַסֵּ֥ף לְכָל־הַֽמַּחֲנֹ֖ת לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וְעַל־צְבָאֹ֔ו אֲחִיעֶ֖זֶר בֶּן־עַמִּישַׁדָּֽי׃ (Numbers 10:25) And the banner of the camp of the sons of Dan set out, serving as rear guard for all the camps according to their hosts, and over his host was Aḥiʿezer son of ʿAmmishaddai. Methodological Orientation This study approaches the verse through functional…
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ צְבָאֹ֔ות אַל־תִּירָ֥א עַמִּ֛י יֹשֵׁ֥ב צִיֹּ֖ון מֵֽאַשּׁ֑וּר בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶט יַכֶּ֔כָּה וּמַטֵּ֥הוּ יִשָּֽׂא־עָלֶ֖יךָ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (Isaiah 10:24) Therefore thus says the Lord YHWH of Hosts: “Do not fear, My people, dweller of Tsiyyon, from Asshur; with a rod he will strike you, and his staff he will lift against you in the way of…