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A Community Defined by Understanding: Learning Hebrew Structure from Nehemiah 10:29
וּשְׁאָ֣ר הָעָ֡ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּם הַשֹּׁועֲרִ֨ים הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֜ים הַנְּתִינִ֗ים וְכָל־הַנִּבְדָּ֞ל מֵעַמֵּ֤י הָאֲרָצֹות֙ אֶל־תֹּורַ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים נְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם בְּנֵיהֶ֣ם וּבְנֹתֵיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֖ל יֹודֵ֥עַ מֵבִֽין׃
(Nehemiah 10:29)
And the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and everyone who had separated himself from the peoples of the lands to the law of God—their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who knows and understands.
This verse lists the people who committed themselves to the Torah after the return from exile. The Hebrew sentence is long, but its structure is very logical.… Learn Hebrew
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