| 4. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs a chain of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs to narrate Jeroboam’s wife’s actions. The opening vata’as {וַתַּ֤עַשׂ | va-ṭa‘aṣ} ‘and she did’ introduces her initial response, followed by vatakam {וַתָּ֙קָם֙ | va-tā-kam} ‘and she arose’, vateilekh {וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ | va-tê-lekh} ‘and she went’, and vatavo {וַתָּבֹ֖א | va-tā-vo} ‘and she came’, creating rapid narrative momentum. The construct eshet Yarav‘am links eshet {אֵ֣שֶׁת | ʾē-šeṯ} ‘wife of’ with Yarav‘am {יָרָבְעָ֔ם | Yā-rā-ve-‘ām} ‘Jeroboam’, and the unarticulated Shiloh {שִׁלֹ֔ה | Šî-lô} functions as a geographic destination. The phrase beit Achiya is a construct chain where beit {בֵּ֣ית | bē-ṯ} ‘house of’ modifies Achiya {אֲחִיָּ֑ה | ʾă-ḥî-yā} ‘Ahijah’, and vaAchiyahu {וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ | va-ʾă-ḥî-yā-hû} shifts focus to the seer. The inability clause lo-yakhol lir’ot combines lo-yakhol {לֹֽא-יָכֹ֣ל | lō-yā-khol} ‘could not’ with an infinitive lir’ot {לִרְא֔וֹת | li-r-’ōṯ} ‘to see’. The causal clause ki kamu einav miseivo links this condition to age: kamu {קָ֥מוּ | qā-mû} ‘had become dim’ describes einav {עֵינָ֖יו | ’ê-’î-nāw} ‘his eyes’, with miseivo {מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ | mi-sē-wō} ‘from old age’ as the explanatory prepositional phrase. The vav-consecutive narrative and construct chains maintain clarity and pace while highlighting the cause-and-effect relationship. |