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The Idiomatic Expression נַפְשִׁי בְכַפִּי in Biblical Hebrew (Judges 12:3)

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Biblical Hebrew

Judges 12:3 in Hebrew וָֽאֶרְאֶ֞ה כִּֽי־אֵינְךָ֣ מֹושִׁ֗יעַ וָאָשִׂ֨ימָה נַפְשִׁ֤י בְכַפִּי֙ וָֽאֶעְבְּרָה֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י עַמֹּ֔ון וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָדִ֑י וְלָמָ֞ה עֲלִיתֶ֥ם אֵלַ֛י הַיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּ֖ה לְהִלָּ֥חֶם בִּֽי׃ Introduction to נַפְשִׁי בְכַפִּי In Judges 12:3, the phrase נַפְשִׁי בְכַפִּי Read more […]

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The Use of the Hifil Stem in Judges 3:1

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Biblical Hebrew

Introduction to Judges 3:1 Judges 3:1 introduces a list of nations that YHWH left in the land to test Israel. A key grammatical feature in this verse is the Hifil (causative) verb הִנִּיחַ (hinni’aḥ), which comes from the root נוח … Continue reading →

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