Whereas in English Bible tradi- tion the books of Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, and Ezra-Ne- hemiah are each regarded as two separate books, this was not the ...

... Chapter 2 continues the use of feminine epithets. (e.g., “Daughter Zion”), although initially portraying Jerusalem as an object destroyed by the angered ...

Say this to them: 'You must think there is no God in Israel! That ex- plains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron. 1:4 ...

authority, for the LORD his God was with him and magnified him greatly. 1: Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a.

10). 2 sn God. This frequently used Hebrew name for God. (םי ִהֹלֱא ... book: Gen 2:4 provides the title or summary of what follows, 2:5-6 use ...

2 sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (הָי ְמ ֶחְנ, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.” 3 tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes' reign (cf. 2:1).

9 times in the Book of Deuteronomy and “Sinai” only once. (33:2). “Sinai” occurs 13 times in the Book of Exodus and. “Horeb” only 3 times. 14 sn Kadesh Barnea.

from 2:4b through 7:28 the language of the book shifts from. Hebrew to Aramaic. In 8:1, and for the remainder of the book, the language returns to Hebrew.

For this same nuance of the Hebrew verb see Gen 18:19; Amos 3:2. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” 1:6 ...

This is an example of a polysemantic wordplay which explains the two basic meanings of ה ָר ָה (“to burn, to be angry”) (W. G. E. Watson, Classical Hebrew Poetry ...