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This study will analyze the syntactic structure, noun relationships, and grammatical function of these construct phrases. דִּבְרֵ֥י יִרְמְיָהוּ בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּ֑הוּ מִן־הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּעֲנָתֹ֔ות בְּאֶ֖רֶץ בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ (Jeremiah 1:1) The words of Yirmeyahu son of Ḥilqiyahu, from the priests who were in ʿAnatot in the land of Binyamin. Jeremiah 1:1 introduces the prophetic book by identifying the prophet’s lineage, his priestly background, and his geographic origin. The verse employs construct chains (סְמִיכוּת), a common feature in Biblical Hebrew used to express relationships between nouns.… Learn Hebrew