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  HEBREW WRITING STYLES IN THE BOOK OF MORMON Our attention needs to be heightened when we are presented with a Hebrew writing style used in the Old Testament, New Testament and The Book of Mormon, which is known as “Flag Phrases”. Repetition of them is a means for the authors to highlight the importance of the experience they are writing about, Flag phrases include repetition of words or phrases such as: “look”, “yea”, “behold”, “even”, “verily”, and “it came to pass”. There are many more, but for the sake of this exercise I will focus on three of these. “It came to pass” : It means something now exists, which did not previously or something new has happened or changed. According to latterdaysaintmag.com this phrase is one of the most significant in the Book of Mormon. In 3 Nephi 11 many verses are enriched with this phrase bringing pause and highlight the truths which follow. “ Verily, verily” : This was often used by Jesus Christ and means in truth or as a matter of fact, re...