| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with a vav conjunction and noun umelekhah {וּמְלָאכָ֥ה | u·mə·lā·ḵā} ‘work/resources’, followed by rabbah hayah lo {רַבָּה הָיָה לוֹ | ra·bbāh hā·yāh lō} forming a nominal clause expressing possession of substantial resources. The construct phrase bearei Yehudah {בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה | bə·ʿā·rē yə·hū·ḏāh} ‘in the cities of Judah’ provides the geographic scope. A paratactic sequence veanshei milchamah {וְאַנְשֵׁי מִלְחָמָה | wə·ʼăn·šē mil·ḥā·māh} ‘and men of war’ and giborei chayil {גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל | gib·bō·rē ḥa·yil} ‘mighty ones of valor’ lists elite troops. The final prepositional phrase biyerushalayim {בִּירוּשָׁלָיִם | bi·yərū·šā·lā·yim} ‘in Jerusalem’ indicates their station. The English translation divides the Hebrew nominal chain into two coordinated clauses to separate resource possession and military deployment for clarity. |