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Living and Dying in Syntax: Waw-Consecutive and Numerical Structure in Genealogies

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח תֵּ֤שַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵאֹ֖ות שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (Genesis 5:27) And all the days of Metushelaḥ were nine and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died. Opening Reflections: Rhythm of Life and Death This verse from … Continue reading

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