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Scroll Marginalia: When Moshe Calls Grammar to Order (Onkelos on Deuteronomy 5:1)

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Aramaic Grammar
וּקְרָא משֶׁה לְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת קְיָמַיָּא וְיָת דִּינַיָּא דִּי אֲנָא מְמַלֵּל קֳדָמֵיכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין וְתַלְּפוּן יָתְהוֹן וְתִטְּרוּן לְמֶעְבָּדְהוֹן: And Moshe called to all Yisraʾel and said to them, “Hear, O Yisraʾel, the statutes and the judgments that I am speaking before you today, and you shall learn them and keep them to perform them.” Margins of Authority: The Verse at a Glance This verse marks a turning point—the reintroduction of the Ten Words—but the Targum does not simply restate the moment.… Learn Hebrew
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The Morphology and Semantics of Imperative and Cohortative Verbs in Deuteronomy 5:1

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Biblical Hebrew
Introduction to Deuteronomy 5:1 Deuteronomy 5:1 introduces Moses’ second speech to the Israelites, preparing them to receive the repetition of the Ten Commandments. This verse contains a series of imperative and cohortative verbs, forming a didactic structure typical of covenantal instruction. The verse consists of: A direct address to the nation (וַיִּקְרָ֣א מֹשֶׁה֮ אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֒, “And Moses called to all Israel”). An imperative command introducing the legal discourse (שְׁמַ֤ע יִשְׂרָאֵל֙, “Hear, O Israel”). A sequence of cohortative and imperative verbs emphasizing obedience (וּלְמַדְתֶּ֣ם, “you shall learn”; וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם, “you shall keep”; לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם, “to do them”).… Learn Hebrew
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