| 7. Linguistic Exegesis This verse is a verbless nominal clause typical of Hebrew genealogies. It begins with the construct phrase livnei {לִבְנֵ֖י | livnê} ‘to the sons’ linked to Gershom {גֵּרְשׁ֑וֹם | gêršôm} to establish lineage. It continues with the coordinated noun phrase Joel the chief and his brothers, where Joel {יוֹאֵ֣ל | yôʾēl} ‘Joel’ takes the definite title hasar {הַשָּׂ֔ר | hassār} ‘the chief’ in apposition, expanded by echav {וְאֶחָ֖יו | wəʾeḥāyw} ‘and his brothers’ via conjunction. The verse closes with the numeric apposition meah u-shloshim {מֵאָ֥ה וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים | mêʾâ ūšlōšîm} ‘one hundred and thirty’, where the cardinal meah links by vav to shloshim to express the total. |