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Ezekiel 16:7

Gifts: Abraham given → Father of Multitude, You given → Myriad
A myriad like the sprout of the Field I have given yourself, and you are multiplying and you are magnifying, and you are coming in on behalf of dual witnesses!3 Phantom images have been erected4 and the hair of yourself has sprouted, and the self eternal heap, and a naked one.

Footnote:

Eze. 16:7

The construct עדיים appears only once in scripture. The word עדי "ornaments/adornment" is already a collective noun, and this form has an unmistakable dual form. So עדיים literally means “two ___” of something.

  • Legal / judicial:

    • Root: ע־ד (“witness”) → dual = exactly two witnesses.

    • Dual here is literal: the law often requires two witnesses, hence the dual form.

  • Ornaments / adornments?

    • Root: ע־ד־ה (“ornament”) → dual = a pair of ornaments, perhaps two earrings or two bracelets, however earings and jewelery, though they may come in pairs, are not dual in the way eyes, ears, hands, and wings are. This would go against the standard usage of the dual form.