| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the coordinated origins u-mitivchat {וּמִטִּבְחַת | ū-miṭ-baḥ-aṯ} ‘from Tivchat’ and u-mikun {וּמִכּוּן | ū-mik-kûn} ‘from Kun’, forming a prepositional phrase. Next, the construct arei {עָרֵי | ʿā-rê} ‘cities of’ links to Hadadezer {הֲדַדְעֶזֶר | ḥă-dă-ḏə-ʿê-zêr} in a genitive relationship. The Qal perfect verb lakach {לָקַח | lā-qaḥ} ‘he took’ presents David {דָּוִד | dā-wîḏ} as the agent acquiring nechoshet {נְחֹשֶׁת | nə-ḥō-šeṯ} ‘bronze’, quantified by rabbah meod {רַבָּה מְאֹד | raḇ-bā mə-ʾōḏ} ‘very much’. The instrumentality is marked by bah {בָּהּ | bāh} ‘with it’. In the second clause, the verb asah {עָשָׂה | ʿā-śāh} ‘he made’ with shlomo {שְׁלֹמֹה | šəl-ō-mō} ‘Solomon’ takes the direct objects et-yam {אֶת־יָם | ʾet-yām} ‘the Sea’, ve-et-ha-amudim {וְאֵת־הָעַמּוּדִים | wə-ʾet ha-ʿa-mu-dîm} ‘the pillars’, and ve-et-kelei ha-nechoshet {וְאֵת כְּלֵי הַנְּחֹשֶׁת | wə-ʾet kə-lê ha-nə-ḥō-šeṯ} ‘the bronze vessels’. The structure shifts from acquisition to temple furnishing, emphasizing the transformation of raw materials into sacred objects. |