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חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃ In this verse from Lamentations 3, amid the ruins of Jerusalem and the ashes of despair, the poet utters a declaration of enduring hope. Embedded within this line is a profound grammatical structure that transforms negation into affirmation, despair into resilience. We will explore the double negative construction paired with perfective verbs—a syntactic choice that enshrines the eternal continuity of divine mercy. This is not merely a theological statement—it is a linguistic triumph where aspect and negation collide to deny finitude itself.… Learn Hebrew