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“These Are the Heads of the Priests”: Apposition and Leadership Lists in Neḥemyah 12:7
סַלּ֣וּ עָמֹ֔וק חִלְקִיָּ֖ה יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה אֵ֣לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֧י הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם בִּימֵ֥י יֵשׁוּעַ׃
(Nehemiah 12:7)
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah—these were the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
Structuring Authority Through Syntactic Chains
Neḥemyah 12:7 is part of a carefully preserved genealogical and administrative record. These priestly lists served to validate religious authority and temple function during the post-exilic period. The phrase אֵ֣לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֧י הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם בִּימֵ֥י יֵשׁוּעַ represents a structured nominative chain, where multiple noun phrases are placed in succession, functioning together as a formal identification and appositional structure.… Learn Hebrew
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