| 20. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs a sequential narrative marked by the vav-consecutive imperfect vayisu {וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ | wayyōśēʾû} ‘and they carried’. The accusative marker in oto {אֹת֖וֹ | ʼōṯô} specifies the king as patient. The locative phrase al-hassusim {עַל־הַסּוּסִ֑ים | ʿal-ha-ssûsîm} ‘on the horses’ signals royal transport. A second vav-consecutive introduces the Niphal imperfect vayikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵ֧ר | wayyqiqqāḇēr} ‘and he was buried’, emphasizing non-agency. The stacked locatives birushalaim {בִּירוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם | bî-rûšālōyim} ‘in Jerusalem’, immavotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו | ʿimm-ʾăvōṯāw} ‘with his fathers’, and the construct chain beir {בְּעִ֥יר | bə-ʾîr} ‘in the city’ + david {דָּוִֽד | dāwîḏ} create a layered geographical and dynastic frame for the burial. |