| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse unfolds in three vav-consecutive narrative clauses. The first uses wayyiškav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškav} ‘lie down’ as an idiom for death, paired with ʿim-āwāṯāw {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-āwāṯāw} ‘with his fathers’ to frame dynastic burial. The second clause employs wayyikkāḇēr {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wayyikkāḇēr} ‘was buried,’ reusing the same prepositional phrase; the adjunct bə-ʿîr Dāwīḏ {בְּעִיר דָּוִד | bə-ʿîr Dāwīḏ} ‘in the city of David’ locates the royal sepulcher. The final clause introduces wayyimmāleḵ {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimmāleḵ} ‘reigned,’ followed by bə-nō ṯaḥtāv {בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּיו | bə-nō ṯaḥtāv} ‘in his son in his place’ to specify Jehoshaphat’s accession. This tight sequence of verbs and nominal phrases, connected by vav, exemplifies the concise historiographical style of the Deuteronomistic record. |