Nomen rectum is not a surgical procedure but a grammatical term. A nomen rectum is at the end and a nomen regens is at the beginning of a phrase consisting of two nouns, as in the Hebrew phrase “bat tsion” (בת-עיון). Bat is the nomen regens, the first noun, and tsion is the nomen rectum, the latter noun, in the construct state (a phrase formed by nouns). The phrase has been translated in the Bible as “Daughter of Zion” or “Daughter Zion.” “Zion” has many meanings in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. It can refer to […]
