Basic Word Order in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal Clause, Part 1
I have recently finished working through Dr. Adina Moshavi’s 2010 monograph, Word Order in the Biblical Hebrew Finite Clause; see here for a table of contents. Below are my thoughts on her book—not a...
View ArticleSearching for Hebrew Word Order
Two different types of posts were promised and have been long in coming. The first is a series of example syntax searches to illustrate how to use the Hebrew Syntax modules in the Accordance Bible...
View ArticleBasic Word Order in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal Clause, Part 2
Nearly two months ago I posted the first part of what was to be a 3-part series on basic word order in Hebrew. The end of the term, grading, and other writing projets have kept me from writing the...
View ArticleBasic Word Order in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal Clause, Part 3
The third post in a series on Biblical Hebrew Word Order, introduced here. In the last post I introduced and discussed the criterion of frequency—the most commonly applied test for basic word order....
View ArticleBasic Word Order in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal Clause, Part 4
The fourth post in a series on Biblical Hebrew Word Order, introduced here. In the last two posts I introduced and discussed the criteria of frequency and distribution. In this post I will add the...
View ArticleBasic Word Order in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal Clause, Part 5
In this series (see post #1, #2, #3, #4), I have argued that the study of Biblical Hebrew word order has lacked methodological rigor. In this, the penultimate post, I introduce the last criterion by...
View ArticleBasic Word Order in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal Clause, Part 6
The end is here—the end of this series, that is. I’m no end-of-days prophet, just a Hebrew linguist. (For the other parts of the series, see: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5.) This is the last post in my 6-part...
View ArticleBasic Word Order in Biblical Hebrew, update
Back in April and May I wrote a 6-part series on basic word order in the Biblical Hebrew finite verbal clause (see: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6). I am now pleased to announce that the full article, with the...
View ArticleRecycling . . . its not just about the environment!
Perhaps it is the combined effect of information explosion beginning the end of last century combined with the unending pressure to publish or perish, but too often scholars find themselves covering...
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