| 27. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew narrative employs a sequential vav consecutive pattern linking three actions: vayissov {וַיִּסֹּב | way·yi·sōḇ} ‘and he turned’, vayachazeq {וַיַּחֲזֵק | way·ya·ḥă·zêq} ‘and he seized’, and vayiqera {וַיִּקָּרַע | way·yi·qā·raʿ} ‘and it tore’. The infinitive construct lalechet {לָלֶכֶת | lā·le·ḵeṯ} marks the intended motion ‘to go’. The construct chain biknaf-meilo {בִּכְנַף־מְעִיל֖וֹ | biḵ·naf mə·ʿī·lô} binds ‘edge’ to ‘robe’, focusing on what is grasped. In English the implicit subject of ‘grasped’ is rendered explicitly as Saul to clarify agency while preserving narrative sequence. |