| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative advances through sequential action marked by the vav consecutive {וַיִּשְׁלַח | way-yiš-laḥ} ‘sequential prefix’, which recurs in vayeviehu {וַיְבִיאֵהוּ | way-ye-ḇî-ʾē-hû} to link sending and bringing. The pronoun vehu {וְהוּא | wə-hûʾ} introduces a descriptive clause comprised of three coordinated elements: the adjective admoni {אַדְמוֹנִי | ʾăd-mō-nî} ‘ruddy’, the prepositional phrase im yefeh einayim {עִם־יְפֵה עֵינַיִם | ʿim yə-p̄ê-hê ʿê-nā-yim} ‘with beautiful eyes’, and the adjective phrase vetov ro’i {וְטוֹב רֹאִי | wə-ṭôwḇ rō-ʾî} ‘handsome appearance’, linked by the conjunction waw {וְ | wə-}. The clause vayomer Yahweh {וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה | way-yō-mer yə-hō-wāh} introduces divine speech. The two imperatives kum {קוּם | qûm} ‘arise’ and meshacheihu {מְשָׁחֵהוּ | mə-šā-ḥê-hû} ‘anoint him’ stand in paratactic sequence without a conjunction, followed by the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’, which establishes the rationale identifying him as the chosen one. |