| 3. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew narrative employs the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect forms vayikkach {וַיִּקַּ֨ח | wayyiqqāḥ} ‘and he took’ and vayyoled {וַיּ֧וֹלֶד | wayyôlēḏ} ‘and he begot’ to link sequential actions within David’s reign. The adverb od {ע֛וֹד | ōḏ} ‘again, more’ appears with both verbs, reinforcing repetition in household expansion. The coordinated pair nashim {נָשִׁים | nāšîm} ‘women, wives’ and uvanot {וּבָנֽוֹת | wə-bānôṯ} ‘and daughters’ frames the scope of his offspring, while banim {בָּנִים | bānîm} ‘sons’ specifies male lineage. The prepositional phrase biYerushalayim {בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | bîyrōšālāyim} ‘in Jerusalem’ situates these events geographically, underscoring the city’s role in dynastic growth. The English translations preserve the sequential actions as two independent clauses for clarity and to reflect the distributive emphasis on David’s expanding family. |