־ישׂראל (5:3) = under BDB 278b. זָקֵן “old” = Niphal cut off, be cut down” under BDB 503b, 504a. Here Qal so כרת “be “cut”. = "covenant" under BDB 136a. Root II = fetter; treaty, בְרִית ברה “bind, covenant”. literally a covenant” is the normal expression for ויּכרת... ברית – לכרת ברית “cut a covenant”. “make = anoint” under BDB 602b. משׁח “smear, למלךְ ישׂראל (5:4) II = or become king, or queen, reign” under BDB 573b. Denominative. מלךְ “be, Good opportunity to observe the syntax for numbers in classical Hebrew. = literally of 30 year = 30 years old” and בן־שׁלשׁים הנה “son ארבעים שׁנה מלךְ literally year he ruled”. “40 (5:5) = moon, month” under BDB 294a. חֹדֶשׁ “new You might be interested to know I spent some time studying the chronology of the kings of Israel and Judah. It is a large and sometimes difficult topic in the study of ancient history. Many scholars (especially during the mid to late 20th century)
־ישׂראל (5:3) זָקֵן = “old” under BDB 278b. כרת = Niphal “be cut off, be cut down” under BDB 503b, 504a. Here Qal so “cut”. בְרִית = "covenant" under BDB 136a. Root ברה II = “bind, fetter; treaty, covenant”. ויּכרת... ברית – לכרת ברית literally “cut a covenant” is the normal expression for “make a covenant”. משׁח = “smear, anoint” under BDB 602b. למלךְ ישׂראל (5:4) מלךְ II = “be, or become king, or queen, reign” under BDB 573b. Denominative. Good opportunity to observe the syntax for numbers in classical Hebrew. בן־שׁלשׁים הנה = literally “son of 30 year = 30 years old” and ארבעים שׁנה מלךְ literally “40 year he ruled”. (5:5) חֹדֶשׁ = “new moon, month” under BDB 294a. You might be interested to know I spent some time studying the chronology of the kings of Israel and Judah. It is a large and sometimes difficult topic in the study of ancient history. Many scholars (especially during the mid to late 20th century)
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