| 16. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the idiom veʿal-yādô {וְעַל־יָדוֹ֙ | wə-ʿal yā-ḏō} ‘under his authority’, where the preposition ʿal and pronominal suffix convey command. The personal name ʿAmasyā {עֲמַסְיָ֣ה | ʿă-mas-yā} is specified by the construct ben-Zikrî {בֶן-זִכְרִ֔י | ben zikh-rî} ‘son of Zikri’. The participle hammittnadēḇ {הַמִּתְנַדֵּ֖ב | ham-mit-nad-dêb} ‘the one volunteering himself’ functions substantively in the Hitpael stem to highlight personal initiative. The phrase lā-Yahweh {לַיהוָ֑ה | la-ye-ho-wāh} ‘for the LORD’ marks the service’s recipient. The coordinating weimmô {וְעִמּ֛וֹ | wə-ʿim-mō} ‘and with him’ introduces accompaniment, leading to the multiplicative numeral mātāyim ēleph {מָאתַ֥יִם אֶ֖לֶף | mā-ṭā-yim ē-leph} ‘two hundred thousand’. Finally, the construct gibbor ḥayil {גִּבּ֥וֹר חָֽיִל | gib-bôr ḥā-yil} ‘mighty warriors’ emphasizes military capacity. The structure foregrounds voluntary devotion prior to numerical force. |