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וְגִדְעֹ֣ון בָּ֗א וַיַּ֤עַשׂ גְּדִֽי־עִזִּים֙ וְאֵיפַת־קֶ֣מַח מַצֹּ֔ות הַבָּשָׂר֙ שָׂ֣ם בַּסַּ֔ל וְהַמָּרַ֖ק שָׂ֣ם בַּפָּר֑וּר וַיֹּוצֵ֥א אֵלָ֛יו אֶל־תַּ֥חַת הָאֵלָ֖ה וַיַּגַּֽשׁ׃ (Judges 6:19) And Gidʿon came and made a young goat and an ephah of flour unleavened bread the meat he placed in a basket and the broth he placed in a pot and he brought it out to him under the terebinth and he approached A Meal Made of Verbs This seemingly domestic scene—Gidʿon preparing food—belies a moment charged with sacred suspense. As Gidʿon unwittingly prepares a meal for an angel of YHWH, the Hebrew verbs narrating his actions use carefully chosen binyanim.… Learn Hebrew