| 35. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav-consecutive perfect vayetse {וַיֵּצֵא | wayyēṣēʼ} ‘and he went out,’ marking sequential narrative action. The proper noun Yonatan {יוֹנָתָן | yōnāṯān} serves as the subject, followed by the temporal phrase bashachar {בַּשָּׁחָר | ba-šāḥār} ‘in the morning.’ The directional phrase el hassadeh {אֶל־הַשָּׂדֶה | ʾel-ha-śāḏēh} ‘to the field’ indicates goal. The infinitive construct lipgosh {לִפְגֹּשׁ | lip·gōš} ‘to meet’ introduces a purpose clause with the object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} plus the proper noun David {דָּוִד | dāwîḏ}. The coordinating conjunction veimo {וְעִמוֹ | wə·ʿî·mō} ‘and with him’ expresses accompaniment via pronominal suffix. Finally the attributive construct na’ar katon {נַעַר קָטֹן | nā·ʿar qā·ṭōn} ‘small boy’ places the adjective after the noun, which in English is rendered as ‘a boy was with him’ (formal) or ‘brought along a little boy’ (dynamic). |