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Three Pilgrimages and the Syntax of Sacred Appearance (Deuteronomy 16:16)
שָׁלֹ֣ושׁ פְּעָמִ֣ים בַּשָּׁנָ֡ה יֵרָאֶ֨ה כָל־זְכוּרְךָ֜ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בַּמָּקֹום֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְחָ֔ר בְּחַ֧ג הַמַּצֹּ֛ות וּבְחַ֥ג הַשָּׁבֻעֹ֖ות וּבְחַ֣ג הַסֻּכֹּ֑ות וְלֹ֧א יֵרָאֶ֛ה אֶת־פְּנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה רֵיקָֽם׃
(Deuteronomy 16:16)
Opening Structure: Temporal and Quantitative Framing
The verse opens with a cardinal number and noun phrase:
שָׁלֹ֣ושׁ פְּעָמִ֣ים בַּשָּׁנָ֡ה
“Three times in the year”
This functions as an adverbial phrase of time and frequency. The use of the construct noun פְּעָמִים (“times”) with the number שָׁלֹשׁ prefaces the action that follows, serving as a temporal scope marker for the obligation in the main clause.… Learn Hebrew
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