Heden {HaYom} is 't geschreven/uitgeroepen/vervuld

THE
Bible: "reading"
as a speech-act. A
semantic analysis of the distribution
of the root 'qr' in biblical Hebrew reveals the following points.

The root
encompasses a range of meanings including "to call," "to proclaim," "to summon or invite," & "to read."
It will be immediately observed that the whole semantic field to which these glosses belong
is that of speech acts &
not of passive
reception.

And indeed, as we shall argue,
"reading" in biblical Hebrew is a speech act. It nearly always means "to read aloud to someone,"
as confirmed by the complements "in the ears of ..." or "before ...."



In all these cases the activity described is the reading of some kind of message & its communicate
or proclamation to an audience.



The following verses will point up the force of 'qr' in the bible:
"and the Lord CALLED OUT to the Adam & said to him 'Where are you?'
(Genesis 3:9) wayikra Yahweh Elohim el-ha'adam wayomer lo ayekah.

"And the angel of the Lord CALLED OUT to him from the heaven & said,
'Avraham, Avraham!' And he said, 'Here I am!' (Gen. 22:11) wayikra eelaw malach Yahweh min-hashamayim
wayomer avraham avraham wa-yomer hineeni.

"And now, CALL OUT in the ears of the Peopld, and say, 'Whoever is afraid & terrified, let him sit & watch from the Mountain of Gilead!'"
(Judges 7:3) wa'atah kra na beaznei ha'am leemor mi-yaree wechareed yashov weyitspor meehar hagilad wayashav.

"And he took the Book of the Covenant, & he READ it in the ears of the People, & they said, "All that the Lord has spoken,
we will do & we will obey!' And Moshe
took the blood & sprinkled it on the People & said, 'This is the blood of the Covenant,
which G d has enacted with you with regard to all of these words!'" (Exodus 24:7)
wayikach seefer habrit wayikra beaznei ha'am wayomroe kol asjer-diber Yahweh na'aseh wenishma!

Genoeg voor nu:
ZO
kunnen we nog wel 'n tijdje doorgaan?

Waar 't in feite allemaal op neerkomt is simpelweg het feit
dat de 'vreemdelingen', 'migranten', schaap-herders, bezitlozen, verschoppelingen, vluchtelingen, dagloners, slaven,
uitgestotenen die heen en weer zwierven tussen de machtige wereldrijken
van 'die tijd' (Assuria, Babylonia, Chaldea, de Perzen, de Egyptenaren, de Foeniciers & ga zo maar 'eindeloos' door!)
NIET
het alleenrecht hebben op 'n goed leven in vrede & rijkdom door 'anderen' te onderdrukken, uit te buiten, aan te randen & te misbruiken
op wat voor "gebruikelijke wijze" dan ook, maar dat als 't ware de g d v/d donder & bliksem, natuur~ & cultuurrampen e.d.
'uit de hemel' via zijn 'stem', 'boodschappers' naar de mens uitschreeuwt: 'waar ben je nou?', 'wie ben jij nou eigenlijk?',
'waarom dienen jullie afgoden met moord & doodslag, begeren, stelen
& al die andere onhebbelijke hebberigheden?!'
IK
(die was, is & zal zijn) roept je op
om recht te doen
'in mijn ogen'
& 'voor mijn aangezicht'
NU & HIER.