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Definiteness and Participial Titles in Cultic Legal Hebrew

Introduction to Leviticus 4:5 This verse describes part of the sin offering ritual: the anointed priest takes the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting. What stands out grammatically is the noun phrase הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ (“the anointed priest”), which combines … Continue reading

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