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Grammar Under the Rod — Causatives, Double Accusatives, and the Syntax of Accusation
וַיֻּכּ֗וּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣מוּ עֲלֵהֶ֔ם נֹגְשֵׂ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר מַדּ֡וּעַ לֹא֩ כִלִּיתֶ֨ם חָקְכֶ֤ם לִלְבֹּן֙ כִּתְמֹ֣ול שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם גַּם־תְּמֹ֖ול גַּם־הַיֹּֽום׃
The Blow That Speaks
Exodus 5:14 plunges us into the machinery of oppression. Hebrew overseers are beaten by Egyptian taskmasters for failing to meet impossible brick quotas. Yet it is not merely the act of violence that conveys injustice — it is the syntax. This verse layers a passive causative verb, a relative clause, embedded speech, rhetorical interrogation, and temporal repetition. The result is a grammar of systemic cruelty: the very structure of the verse mimics the machinery of slavery — complex, faceless, recursive, and relentless.… Learn Hebrew
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