| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew narrative uses the vav-consecutive verb vayiskor {וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר | wə-yis-kōr} ‘and he hired’ to continue Amaziah’s actions. The implicit subject is King Amaziah, and the direct object is ‘from Israel’ (miYisrael {מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | mi-yis-rā-ʾel}). The numeric construct meah elef {מֵ֥אָה אֶ֛לֶף | mē-ʾāh ˀe-lef} ‘one hundred thousand’ pairs a hundred with a thousand in the standard Hebrew system. This is followed by the construct chain gibbor chayil {גִּבּ֥וֹר חָ֖יִל | gib-bōr ḥā-yil} ‘mighty men of valor,’ a military title denoting seasoned fighters. The payment formula appears in bemeah kikar-kaseph {בְּמֵאָ֥ה כִּכַּר-כָּֽסֶף | bə-mē-ʾāh kikar-kā-sep}, where kikar-kaseph ‘talent of silver’ represents a large weight-currency unit. The English renderings preserve Hebrew word order and highlight the numerical precision, military designation, and economic detail. |