Tag: Semitic

The Australian government and civil society have expressed their strong disapproval and disgust over the anti-Semitic chants and slogans that were heard at a pro-Palestine rally in Sydney on Sunday, October 10, 2023. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash The rally, which was hel...

ויתן is from the root נתן natan — to give and is another example of the waw consecutive, which uses the form of the imperfect (typically non-past) in the sense of a “past tense” when applied to a narrative story. This is also the same root whence we get the names &...