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“Sweeping Away All Things”: The Use of Infinitive Absolute for Emphasis in Zephaniah 1:3

Introduction to Zephaniah 1:3: Cosmic Judgment through Grammatical Emphasis Zephaniah 1:3 belongs to the opening judgment oracle of the book, where YHWH declares a sweeping destruction across all creation—humans, beasts, birds, and fish. The verse uses a striking grammatical structure: … Continue reading

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The Use of the Construct Chain (סְמִיכוּת) in Biblical Hebrew (Zephaniah 3:4)

Zephaniah 3:4 in Hebrew נְבִיאֶ֨יהָ֙ פֹּֽחֲזִ֔ים אַנְשֵׁ֖י בֹּֽגְדֹ֑ות כֹּהֲנֶ֨יהָ֙ חִלְּלוּ־קֹ֔דֶשׁ חָמְס֖וּ תֹּורָֽה׃ Introduction to the Construct Chain In Zephaniah 3:4, we encounter multiple instances of סְמִיכוּת (smikhut), also known as the construct chain, a grammatical structure in Biblical Hebrew where … Continue reading

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