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Calls for Blood: Sequential Imperatives and Double Causal כִּי

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Biblical Hebrew
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ אֶל־יֹואָ֔שׁ הֹוצֵ֥א אֶת־בִּנְךָ֖ וְיָמֹ֑ת כִּ֤י נָתַץ֙ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח הַבַּ֔עַל וְכִ֥י כָרַ֖ת הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָֽיו׃ (Judges 6:30) And the men of the city said to Yoʾash, “Bring out your son so that he may die, because he has torn down the altar of the Baʿal and because he has cut down the ʾAsherah that was on it.” Introduction: A City Confronts Its Own In this climactic moment from the narrative of Gideon (Yerubaʿal), the townspeople demand his death for religious transgression.… Learn Hebrew
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