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Leveled and Lifted: The Binyanim That Reshape the Land in Zechariah 14:10

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Advanced Hebrew Grammar
יִסֹּ֨וב כָּל־הָאָ֤רֶץ כָּעֲרָבָה֙ מִגֶּ֣בַע לְרִמֹּ֔ון נֶ֖גֶב יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְרָאֲמָה וְיָשְׁבָה תַחְתֶּיהָ לְמִשַּׁ֣עַר בִּנְיָמִ֗ן עַד־מְקֹ֞ום שַׁ֤עַר הָרִאשֹׁון֙ עַד־שַׁ֣עַר הַפִּנִּ֔ים וּמִגְדַּ֣ל חֲנַנְאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד יִקְבֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (Zechariah 14:10) All the land shall be turned like the ʿAravah from Geva to Rimmon south of Yerushalayim and she shall be raised and shall dwell in her place from the Gate of Binyamin to the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate and from the Tower of Ḥananel to the winepresses of the king. Topography by Morphology This eschatological vision transforms the geography of Eretz Yisra’el.… Learn Hebrew
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Flattened Earth, Exalted City: Verb Forms and Geographic Prophecy in Zechariah 14:10

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Biblical Hebrew
יִסֹּ֨וב כָּל־הָאָ֤רֶץ כָּעֲרָבָה֙ מִגֶּ֣בַע לְרִמֹּ֔ון נֶ֖גֶב יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְֽרָאֲמָה֩ וְיָשְׁבָ֨ה תַחְתֶּ֜יהָ לְמִשַּׁ֣עַר בִּנְיָמִ֗ן עַד־מְקֹ֞ום שַׁ֤עַר הָֽרִאשֹׁון֙ עַד־שַׁ֣עַר הַפִּנִּ֔ים וּמִגְדַּ֣ל חֲנַנְאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד יִקְבֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (Zechariah 14:10) All the land shall be turned like the Arabah from Geva to Rimmon south of Yerushalayim, and she (Jerusalem) shall rise and dwell in her place, from the Gate of Binyamin to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Ḥananeʾl to the king’s winepresses. Zechariah 14:10 offers a visionary description of cosmic transformation and urban restoration.… Learn Hebrew
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