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Movement, Settlement, and Worship: The Syntactic Architecture of Genesis 12:8

וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃ (Genesis 12:8) And he moved from there toward the hill-country east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent, Bethel from the west and Ai from the east, and he built there an altar to YHWH, and he called upon the name of YHWH. Theoretical Framework This study employs a Functional-Typological approach to Biblical Hebrew syntax. The analysis focuses on constituent placement, clause linkage, discourse progression, spatial organization, and information flow.… Learn Hebrew
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