| 40. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vayitten {וַיִּתֵּן | va-yit-tēn} ‘and he gave’, driving the narrative forward. The construct klei aviv {כְּלֵי אָבִיו | kelê ʾā-bîw} ‘vessels of his father’ marks possession, and the prepositional phrase la-naʿar {לַנַּעַר | la-naʿar} ‘to the boy’ indicates the recipient. The vav-consecutive imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introduces direct speech with lo {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’ as the addressee. Within the speech, the double imperative lekh {לֵךְ | lēk} ‘go’ plus haviem {הָבִיאֵם | hā-vîʾēm} ‘bring them’ emphasizes urgency, and the prepositional phrase el ha-ir {אֶל־הָעִיר | ʾel hā-ʾîr} ‘to the city’ specifies the destination. English renders Hebrew V-S-O into S-V-O, preserving the force of the imperatives. |