| 38. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative employs the vav-consecutive imperfect for sequential progression, beginning with vayyishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškav} ‘and he lay down’ as an idiom for death. The phrase ʿim-ʾavotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-ʾāvoṯāw} ‘with his fathers’ frames both death and burial under vayyikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wayyiqqābēr} ‘and he was buried,’ reinforcing ancestral continuity. The construct chainbə-ʿîr dāwîḏ ʾā·ḇîw {בְּעִיר דָּוִד אָבִיו | bə-ʿîr dāwîḏ ʾā·ḇîw} ‘in the city of David his father’ integrates geographical and familial identity. Finally, vayyimloḵ {וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | wayyiymloḵ} ‘and he reigned’ links to ʾaḥāz beno ṭaḥtāyw {אָחָז בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו | ʾaḥāz bə-nô ṭaḥtāyw}, marking royal succession in his place. |