| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the catalog marker veeleh {וְאֵ֥לֶּה | və-ʾêl-leh} ‘and these’, which introduces an enumeration. This is followed by the construct chain pekudatam leveit avoteihem {פְקֻדָּתָם לְבֵית אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם | pə-qû-ḏā-ṯām lə-bêyt ă-vo-tê-hem} ‘their enumeration for the house of their fathers’, linking the muster to ancestral family divisions. The prepositional phrase liyhudah {לִֽיהוּדָה | li-hû-dāh} ‘to Judah’ assigns the tribal locus. The compound noun sarei alafim {שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים | śā-rê ă-lā-pîm} ‘commanders of thousands’ reflects the Hebrew military unit of one thousand. The personal designation Adnah hasar {עַדְנָה הַשָּׂר | ʿaḏ-nāh ha-sâr} ‘Adnah the commander’ identifies the lead officer, and the conjunction veimmo {וְעִמּוֹ | wə-ʿim-mō} ‘and with him’ introduces his supporting force. The noun phrase giborei chayil {גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל | gi-bôr-ê ḥa-yîl} ‘mighty men of valor’ highlights an elite cohort. Finally, shelosh meot alef {שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אָלֶף | šə-loš mê-ʾōṯ ʾā-lef} ‘three hundred thousand’ shows the Hebrew multiplicative numeric construction, and the masoretic marker samekh {ס | să-meḵ} signals an open section break. |