| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse comprises two vav-consecutive narrative clauses. It begins with the verb wayyišḵav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyišḵav} “and he lay down,” a Qal imperfect with vav-consecutive marking sequence. The proper name ’ăbîy-yām {אֲבִיָּם | ’ă-bîy-yām} is subject, followed by the circumstantial phrase ʿim-’ă-bôṯāw {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-’ă-bôṯāw} “with his fathers,” an idiom for death. The next clause wayyiqberû {וַיִּקְבְּרוּ | wayyiqberû} “and they buried” denotes communal action with bə-ʿîr Dāwîḏ {בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד | bə-ʿîr Dāwîḏ} “in the city of David” marking location via a construct chain. The final clause wayyimloḵ Āsâ bə-nô ṭaḥtāv {וַיִּמְלֹ֛וךְ אָסָא בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו | wayyimloḵ Āsâ bə-nô ṭaḥtāv} “and Asa his son reigned in his place” uses bə-nô to specify lineage and ṭaḥtāv as a standard succession formula. English renders vav-consecutive with “and,” adapts the death idiom and burial idiom to natural equivalents, and preserves construct relationships to reflect ancestral and dynastic continuity. |