| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav-consecutive wayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, which introduces direct speech. The imperative bo {בּוֹא | bōʾ} ‘come’ issues an invitation, immediately followed by the cohortative venetse {וְנֵצֵא | wə-nē-ṣēʾ} ‘let us go out’, expressing joint action. The prepositional phrase into the field {הַשָּׂדֶה | ha-śā-ḏeh} marks the destination. In the second clause, the vav-consecutive vayyetzeu {וַיֵּצְאוּ | way-yē-ṣə-ʾū} ‘and they went out’ returns to the narrative voice, with shneihem {שְׁנֵיהֶם | šə-nê-hēm} ‘the two of them’ highlighting the dual subject. English word order adjusts the Hebrew parallelism for natural flow. |