| 43. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew narrative relies on a vav-consecutive chain, beginning with vayelekh {וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ and concluding with wayyāḇō {וַיָּבֹ֖א | wayyāḇō} ‘and he came’, which maintains narrative momentum. The subject melekh Yisrael {מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | mēleḵ yiśrāʼēl} centers the focus on the king. The prepositional locative phrase ʿal bêṯô {עַל־בֵּית֖וֹ | ʿal bêṯô} ‘to his house’ uses ʻal in a destination sense. The coordinated adjectives sār {סַ֣ר | sār} ‘sullen’ and wəza‘ēp̄ {וְזָעֵ֑ף | wəza‘ēp̄} ‘and angry’ form a dual emotional description. The locative suffix on šōmrōnāh {שֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה | šōmrōnāh} directs the reader to Samaria, preserving the Hebrew city designation. The English rendering mirrors the clause order and connective structure to reflect the original brisk narrative style. |