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Their territory was to Jezreel and included Chesulloth and
Shunem… Pc-vqw3msXa ncmscX3mp npXd
Pc-Pa-np Pc-np
? G
Josh 19:18
Their territory was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph,
Pc-vqw3msXa ncmscX3mp np Pc- np Pc-np Pc-np
9 6
G
Josh 19:25
Their border was…. Pc-vqw3msXa ncmscX3mp
C
Josh 19:33a
and it ended at the Jordan. Pc-vqw3msXa ncfpcX3ms Pa-np
Josh 19:33b
The territory of their inheritance was….
Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc ncfscX3mp
G
Josh 19:41
The cities from the tribe of Ephraim were….
Pc-vqw3msXa ncfpc ncmscX3mp Pp-ncmsc np
M3 +C
Josh 21:20
their lot was twelve cities. Pc-vqw3msXa ncmscX3mp ncfp
afd afs
F 5 +G
Josh 21:40
Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of
their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
Pc-Pp-ncfpc ncmpc np Pc- vqw3msXa ncfpc ncmscX3mp Pp-
ncmsc np
+ 3 8
M3 C
1 Chr 6:51
6:66
8.2.1.5 The Formulaic Expression
The phrase is one of the typical, formulaic expressions for the
message coming to a prophet. This is a subset of the
EQUATIVE
category of with a
noun as grammatical
SUBJECT
, in every case being the word of the Lord which came.
8.2.1.5.1 Occurrences of
in Genesis, Samuel-Kings, and Chronicles
The term
FORMULAIC
refers to the repetitive nature of this statement. Before assuming, however, that it has narrative-structuring significance, it is important to
159 consider all the occurrences and their distribution. For example, in all of Samuel, there is
only one occurrence. The next seven occurrences are in 1 Kings, but there does not appear to be any pattern that seems significant in the global organization of the book.
The final occurrence in this set is in 2 Chronicles.
the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np Pp-np Pp- vqc
1 Sam 15:10
the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np Pp-np Pp- vqc
?
1 Kgs 6:11
As they were sitting down at the table, the word of the LORD
came to the prophet who had brought him back;
Pc-vqw3msXa pi3mp vqPmp Pp- Pa-ncms Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np
Pp-Pa-ncms Pr vhp3msX3ms
-E ;
8 ; :
1 Kgs 13:20
the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against
Baasha, saying, Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np Pp-np
ncmsc-np Pp-np Pp-vqc
8
1 Kgs 16:1
The word of the LORD came to him, saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np PpX3ms Pp-vqc
8
1 Kgs 17:2
the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np PpX3ms Pp-vqc
8
1 Kgs 17:8
the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np Pp-np Pa- np Pp-vqc
8 5
1 Kgs 21:17
the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np Pp-np Pa- np Pp-vqc
8 5
1 Kgs 21:28
160
the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God,
saying, Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-np Pp-np
ncms-Pa-ncmp Pp-vqc
8 ? :
2 Chr 11:2
There is another instance of this formulaic expression in Genesis that needs to be mentioned, occurring after the temporal phrase
, :
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a
vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you;
Your reward shall be very great.”
Pd Pa-ncmp Pa-acp vqp3ms ncmsc- np Pp-np Pp+Pa-ncms Pp-vqc Pd-
vqi2ms{1}Jm np pi1cs ncms PpX2fs ncmscX2ms vha Pd
, 5
3 8
L F 4 C ;
Gen 15:1
In the following sections, the formulaic occurrences of in Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Ezekiel, Jonah, Haggai, and Zechariah are displayed. It is beyond the scope of the present study to do a full analysis of the narrative structure of each of these books. It is
important to realize that these formulaic expressions are only one aspect of the narrative shape.
8.2.1.5.2 Occurrences of
