Marked Lineage and Grammatical Emphasis: The Syntax of Election in Genesis 10:21
וּלְשֵׁ֥ם יֻלַּ֖ד גַּם־ה֑וּא אֲבִי֙ כָּל־בְּנֵי־עֵ֔בֶר אֲחִ֖י יֶ֥פֶת הַגָּדֹֽול׃ (Genesis 10:21) And to Shem also was born, he too, the father of all the sons of ʿEver, the brother of Yephet the elder. Genesis 10:21 stands at a subtle but decisive turning point within the Table of Nations. Grammatically, the verse is compact; syntactically, it is…