This segolta unit is divided in half by revia (אָמַ֗ר), which separates the introduction of the speech (“To Adam he said”) from the speech itself (“Because you listened to your wife”). Then the second half of the segolta unit is divided in half by zarqa (כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ֮), which separates the predicate (“Because you listened”) from the indirect object (“to your wife”). Example #4: Genesis 22:9 אֶֽל־המַּקָוֹם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר־ל֣וֹ הָאֱלֹהִים֒ וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ the place God had told them about When they
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