171 Not surprisingly, in Haggai there are also occurrences of
.
In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth
month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to
Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Pp-ncfsc afd Pp-np Pa-ncms Pp+Pa- ncms Pa-ams Pp-ncms ams Pp+Pa-
ncms vqp3ms ncmsc-np Pp-ncfsc- np Pa-ncms Pp-np ncmsc-np ncmsc
np Pc-Pp-np ncmsc-np Pa-ncms Pa- ams Pp-vqc
-- 4 3
5 +
O G
E+ 5
8 +G
+
Hag 1:1
On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the LORD
came by Haggai the prophet saying,
Pp+Pa-ams Pp-amp Pc-ams Pp+Pa- ncms vqp3ms ncmsc-np Pp-ncfsc-
np Pa-ncms Pp-vqc
F -
8 G
Hag 2:1
On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of
Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet,
saying, Pp-amp Pc-ams Pp+Pa-ams Pp-
ncfsc afd Pp-np vqp3ms ncmsc-np Pp-np Pa-ncms Pp-vqc
5 F
G 5
8
Hag 2:10
In Haggai, there are also five occurrences of , found at Hag 1:2, 5, 7; 2:6,
11, that would need to be considered in full analysis of these expressions.
8.2.1.5.7 Occurrences of
in Zechariah
In Zechariah, four of the six occurrences explicitly state that the word of the Lord came to me, one occurrence states to Zechariah in the third person, and the remaining
occurrence in 8:1 is the most general, stating only that the word of the Lord came.
the word of the LORD came to me saying,
8
Zech 4:8
172
the word of the LORD came to me saying,
8
Zech 6:9 the word of the LORD of hosts
came to me, saying,
8 +
Zech 7:4 the word of the LORD came to
Zechariah saying,
8
Zech 7:8 the word of the LORD of hosts
came, saying,
8 +
Zech 8:1 the word of the LORD of hosts
came to me, saying,
8 +
Zech 8:18
In Zechariah, there are three occurrences of :
In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word
of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of
Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying,
Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp-ncfsc afd Pp-np vqp3ms ncmsc-np Pp-np
ncmsc-np ncmsc-np Pa-ncms Pp- vqc
5 -
8 +
Zech 1:1
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the
month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the
LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah,
the son of Iddo, as follows: Pp-ncms amp Pc-ams Pp-afs-ams
ncms pi3ms-ncms np Pp-ncfsc afd Pp-np vqp3ms ncmsc-np Pp-np
ncmsc-np ncmsc-np Pa-ncms Pp- vqc
F 5 F +
5 6
8 +
Zech 1:7
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD
came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is
Chislev. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncfsc afs Pp-np
Pa-ncms vqp3ms ncmsc-np Pp-np Pp-ams Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp-np
4 3 8
5
Zech 7:1
173
8.2.1.5.8 Variations of the standard Occurrences of
Three occurrences depart enough from the pattern that they are considered separately here. In 1 Kgs 12:22 and 1 Chr 17:3
? : occurs rather than . Notice
that the occurrence in 1 Chr 22:8 is the only one that inverts the order of and
the recipient, inserting after
. Also included in this sectione is the only occurrence of
in Daniel, even though the
FORMULAIC
expression with does not occur in this book.
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God,
saying, Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc Pa-ncmp Pp-
np ncms-Pa-ncmp Pp-vqc
? : 8
? :
1 Kgs 12:22
The same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncms Pa- pi3ms Pc-vqw3msXa ncmsc-ncmp
Pp-np Pp-vqc
, 8
? :
1 Chr 17:3
the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘You have shed
much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a
house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the
earth before Me. Pc-vqw3msXa PpX1cs ncmsc-np
Pp-vqc ncms Pp+Pa-ncms vqp2ms Pc-ncfp afp vqp2ms Pn-vqi2ms
ncms Pp-ncmscX1cs Pp ncmp amp vqp2ms ncfsXd Pp-ncmpcX1cs
F + ;G + 5 ;
? 8
5
1 Chr 22:8
174 The
FORMULAIC
use of does not occur in Daniel, but
does.
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books
the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the
LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the
desolations of Jerusalem, Pp-ncfsc afs Pp-vqcX3ms pi1cs np
vqp1cs Pp+Pa-ncmp ncmsc Pa-ncfp Pr vqp3ms ncmsc-np Pp-np Pa-
ncms Pp-vpc Pp-ncfpc np amp ncfs
; -
I ;
8 +
?
Dan 9:2
8.2.1.5.9 Analytical Summary of the
