| 20. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the death formula using vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wăyyişkăḇ} ‘and he lay down’. The prepositional phrase im-avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-’āwōṯāw} occurs twice to denote both the dying placement and burial context. The Nifal verb vayyiqqaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wăyyiqā́ver} ‘and he was buried’ mirrors the previous clause, creating parallelism. The locative be-ir {בְּעִיר | bə-’îr} dāwîḏ {דָּוִד | dāwîḏ} ‘in the city of David’ specifies the tomb’s location. The sequential vav in vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wăyyimlōḵ} ‘and he reigned’ introduces the dynastic transition, while the construct chain bə-nô taḥtāv {בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּיו | bə-nō taḥtāv} ‘his son in his place’ signals Hezekiah’s accession. The string of waw-consecutive verbs provides a cohesive narrative progression. |