| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative opens with wenavi {וְנָבִיא | wənāvē} ‘and a prophet’, where the vav-conjunction marks narrative continuation. The adjective echad {אֶחָד | ekhād} plus participle yoshev {יֹשֵׁב | yōšēv} form a circumstantial clause “a certain prophet sitting,” situating him in beveyt-el {בְּבֵית־אֵל | bəvēyt-ʼēl}. The vav-consecutive imperfect vayyavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāwōʼ} ‘and he came’ initiates the action. The subject bono {בְּנוֹ | bənō} ‘his son’ performs vayyeseperlo {וַיְסַפֶּר־לוֹ | wayyəsappērlō} ‘and he recounted to him’, with et-kol-hammaseh {אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה | ʾet kòl hammăʿăśśeh} as the direct object. A relative clause introduced by asher¹ {אֲשֶׁר־ | ăšer} ‘which’ and verb asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśāh} ‘he did’ specifies the agent as ish-ha-elohim {אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîš-hā ʼĕlōhîm} and the time as hayom {הַיּוֹם | hayyôm}. The second object et-had-devarim {אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים | ʾet haddəḇārîm} ‘the words’ is linked by asher² {אֲשֶׁר | ăšer} to the verb diber {דִּבֵּר | dibbēr} ‘he spoke’ and prepositional phrase el-hamelech {אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾel hammēleḵ} ‘to the king’. The account closes with vayyeseperum {וַיְסַפְּרוּם | wayyəsappərūm} ‘and they recounted them’ to la-avihem {לַאֲבִיהֶם | laʾăvīhēm} ‘their father’, indicating collective testimony. |