| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative progression is marked by the vav-consecutive in vayyiva‘atz {וַיִּוָּעַץ | wayyiva‘aṣ} ‘and he consulted’, indicating a new action. The construct meshorrerim laYHWH {מְשֹׁרֲרִים לַיהוָה | mě-shō-rrē-rîm la-Yahweh} ‘singers to the LORD’ uses lamed to dedicate worship. Lehadarat-qodesh {לְהַדְרַת־קֹדֶשׁ | lĕ-hă-da-rat qō-ḏeš} forms a construct chain ‘splendor of holiness’, emphasizing divine majesty. Betset lifnei hechalutz {בְּצֵאת לִפְנֵי הֶחָלוּץ | bĕ-ṣê-ṯ li-p̄nê he-ḥā-lūẓ} sets the temporal frame ‘as they went out before the vanguard’. Veomrim hodu laYHWH ki leolam chasdo {וְאֹמְרִים הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ | wĕ-’ōm-rîm hō-dū la-Yahweh kî lĕ-‘ō-lām ḥa-ṣā-ḏō} links the imperative ‘give thanks’ with a causal clause introduced by ki, encapsulating the liturgical refrain in battle worship. |