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חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃ (Lamentations 3:22) The mercies of YHWH, for we are not consumed; for His compassions have not ended. 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.… Learn Hebrew