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When You Lie Down and When You Rise: Participial Forms with Pronominal Suffixes in Deuteronomy 6:7
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֨ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃
This is Deuteronomy 6:7, part of the Shema Yisrael liturgical passage:
> “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
This verse not only instructs Israel in the transmission of Torah but does so through a linguistic form that mirrors its content — embedding divine command within the rhythms of daily life.… Learn Hebrew
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