| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive narrative marker vayyiten {וַיִּתֵּ֨ן | wayyiṯṭên} ‘and He gave’, which inverts the normal VSO order to emphasize Divine agency. The sequence of Qal imperfect verbs vayetse’u {וַיֵּ֣צְא֔וּ | wayyəṣᵊʾû} ‘and they went out’ and vayeshvu {וַיֵּשְׁב֧וּ | wayyišbû} ‘and they dwelt’, both introduced by vav, establishes a cause-and-effect progression. The prepositional construct mitachat yad-’Aram {מִתַּ֖חַת יַד־אֲרָ֑ם | mittaḥat yād-’ă-rām} employs a construct chain to express release from subjugation. Finally, the temporal adverbial kîtmōl shilšōm {כִּתְמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם | kîtmōl šilšōm} ‘as in former days’ frames the restored condition by comparison. English renders the Hebrew VSO structure into a natural SVO order while preserving the narrative sequence and theological emphasis. |