Farming Injustice: The Power of Participial Constructions in Proverbs
זֹורֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יקצור־אָ֑וֶן וְשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֹ֣ו יִכְלֶֽה׃ (Proverbs 22:8) Sowing injustice, he will reap iniquity, and the rod of his fury will come to an end. Introduction to Participial Constructions In Biblical Hebrew, participial constructions—especially those built on the Qal binyan—are far more than descriptive modifiers. They frequently function as predicates that carry temporal, habitual, or…