| 50. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with two coordinated nominal clauses marked by veshem {וְשֵׁם | wə-šēm} ‘and name’, introducing identity statements without an explicit verb. Construct chains such as eshet {אֵשֶׁת | ʾē-šet} ‘wife of’, bat {בַּת־ | baṯ-} ‘daughter of’, sar {שַׂר־ | sār-} ‘commander’, and tseva’o {צְבָאוֹ֙ | tse-vā-ʾō} ‘his army’ bind relational and military roles tightly. The Hebrew verbless structure requires the addition of a copula ‘was’ in English. The repetition of veshem creates a parallelism that emphasizes both familial and leadership relationships. |