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“Rising Early to Speak”: Temporal Expressions and Iterative Syntax in Jeremiah 25:3
This article focused on Jeremiah 25:3, with a grammatical emphasis on the temporal expressions and iterative aspect of the Hebrew verb “הַשְׁכֵּם”. This verse richly combines temporal markers, perfect and imperfect verb sequences, and the repeated divine initiative in speech.
מִן־שְׁלֹ֣שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֡ה לְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ בֶן־אָמֹון֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֜ה וְעַ֣ד הַיֹּ֣ום הַזֶּ֗ה זֶ֚ה שָׁלֹ֤שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י וָאֲדַבֵּ֧ר אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אַשְׁכֵּ֥ים וְדַבֵּ֖ר וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃
(Jeremiah 25:3)
From the thirteenth year of Yoshiyyahu son of ʾAmon, king of Yehuda, and until this day, these twenty-three years, the word of YHWH has been to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, but you have not listened.… Learn Hebrew
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