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Relative Clauses and Appositional Expansion in Narrative Description
Introduction to Nehemiah 13:5
This verse narrates how a large chamber was prepared for Eliyashiv, which had previously housed sacred contributions and offerings. The verse is rich in appositional constructions, participial clauses, and relative expansions, which accumulate descriptively. This lesson will focus on clause chaining in Hebrew, especially the use of participial forms and relative-like expansions without explicit relative pronouns, common in post-exilic narrative Hebrew.
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ לֹ֜ו לִשְׁכָּ֣ה גְדֹולָ֗ה וְשָׁ֣ם הָי֪וּ לְפָנִ֟ים נֹ֠תְנִים אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֨ה הַלְּבֹונָ֜ה וְהַכֵּלִ֗ים וּמַעְשַׂ֤ר הַדָּגָן֙ הַתִּירֹ֣ושׁ וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר מִצְוַת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים וּתְרוּמַ֖ת הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃
Analysis of Key Words and Structures
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ לֹ֜ו לִשְׁכָּ֣ה גְדֹולָ֗ה (vayyaʿas lo lishkah gedolah) – “And he made for him a large chamber.”… Learn Hebrew
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