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קֹ֤ול שְׁמוּעָה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה בָאָ֔ה וְרַ֥עַשׁ גָּדֹ֖ול מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפֹ֑ון לָשׂ֞וּם אֶת־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה שְׁמָמָ֖ה מְעֹ֥ון תַּנִּֽים׃ (Jeremiah 10:22) A sound of a report, behold, it is coming, and a great shaking from the land of the north, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a habitation of jackals. Jeremiah 10:22 is a compact prophetic announcement whose force lies not in verbal abundance but in syntactic momentum. The verse layers nominal clauses, deictic particles, participial motion, and a lamed-purpose infinitive to convey inevitability.… Learn Hebrew