| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The vav-consecutive verb veyachazi’el {וְיַחֲזִיאֵ֡ל | yǎ-ḥă-zi-ʾêl} ‘and Jahaziel came’ continues the narrative action. A series of construct chains with ben {בֶּן־ | ben-} ‘son of’ establishes his genealogy, emphasizing Levitical heritage. The Qal perfect hayetah {הָיְתָ֤ה | hā-yə-ṯāh} ‘was’ introduces ruach {רוּחַ | rū-aḥ} ‘spirit’ as subject, and alav {עָלָיו֙ | ʿā-lā-w} ‘upon him’ marks the Spirit’s descent. The locative betokh haqahal {בְּתוֹךְ הַקָּהָל | bə-tōḵ ha-qā-hāl} ‘in the midst of the assembly’ situates the divine empowerment within communal worship. English rendering maintains the genealogical foreground before smoothing word order for narrative flow. |