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Genealogical Syntax and the Grammar of Nations in Genesis 10:7
וּבְנֵ֣י כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וְרַעְמָ֖ה וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א וּבְנֵ֥י רַעְמָ֖ה שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן׃
(Genesis 10:7)
And the sons of Kush: Seba, Ḥavilah, Sabtah, Raʿmah, and Sabtekha; and the sons of Raʿmah: Sheba and Dedan.
Genesis 10:7 is part of the Table of Nations, a literary genealogy that maps the spread of humanity after the flood. Though it appears as a simple list, its Hebrew grammar carries both structural and theological depth. Through the repeated use of the conjunction וְ (“and”), construct phrases, and nominal patterns, the verse demonstrates how Hebrew syntax encodes relationship, not just of ancestry, but of geography, ethnicity, and divine order.… Learn Hebrew
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