| 3. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew clause uses the prepositional dative construction ule'amnon re'a {ū-lə-ʾam-nôn rē-ʿaʿ} to express possession “Amnon had a friend” without an explicit verb. The phrase u-shemo Yonadav {ū-šə-mô yō-nā-ḏāḇ} introduces an appositional naming “and his name was Jonadab.” The construct chain ben-shimeah achi-David {ben-šim-ʿāh ʼă-ḥî dā-wîd} “son of Shimeah, brother of David” establishes genealogy. The repetition ve-Yonadav {wə-yō-nā-ḏāḇ} reinforces subject identity, and the noun-adjective-adverb sequence ish chakam meod {ʾîš ḥā-ḵām mə-ʾōd} “a very wise man” intensifies character description. These structures guided a formal retention of Hebrew clauses and a dynamic smoothing for clarity. |