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Obadiah 1:20 וְגָלֻ֣ת הַֽחֵל־֠הַזֶּה לִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֲשֶֽׁר־כְּנַעֲנִים֙ עַד־צָ֣רְפַ֔ת וְגָלֻ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּסְפָרַ֑ד יִֽרְשׁ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עָרֵ֥י הַנֶּֽגֶב׃ Double Exile Expression: וְגָלֻת הַחֵל־הַזֶּה… וְגָלֻת יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְגָלֻת (“and the exile”) appears twice, introducing two separate groups of exiles: הַחֵל־הַזֶּה — “this first group” or “this host” (from חֵיל, “host, force”); here in construct with הַזֶּה (“this”) יְרוּשָׁלִַם — “Jerusalem” marks the second group of exiles This poetic parallelism highlights that the restoration concerns exiles both from the northern kingdom (symbolized by the host) and Judah (Jerusalem).… Learn Hebrew