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Quiet Binyanim in a Genealogy: How Form Shapes Ancestral Flow
וַֽיְחִי־לֶ֗מֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֹולִידֹ֣ו אֶת־נֹ֔חַ חָמֵ֤שׁ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיֹּ֥ולֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֹֽות׃ (Genesis 5:30)
And Lemekh lived after he had begotten Noaḥ five and ninety years and five hundred years and he begot sons and daughters
Introduction: Rhythm of Life in Repetition
Genesis 5 is a genealogical chapter full of repetition—but repetition with meaning. The verb patterns throughout this list are not arbitrary. In this single verse, we encounter two binyanim—Qal and Hiphil—that structure the rhythm of life, time, and reproduction.… Learn Hebrew
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