| 27. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer} introducing direct speech, followed by the agent ha-melekh {הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamméleḵ} and the indirect object el-tsadok ha-kohen {אֶל־צָד֣וֹק הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | ʼel-ṣāḏōq hā-kōhēn}. The interrogative participle haroeh {הֲרוֹאֶ֣ה | harōʼeh} with the pronoun attah {אַתָּ֔ה | ʼattāh} forms a rhetorical question using the prophetic title seer, prompting acknowledgment. The imperative shuvah {שֻׁ֥בָה | šuvvāh} with the prepositional phrase ha-ir be-shalom {הָעִ֖יר בְּשָׁל֑וֹם | hāʼîr bĕ-šālôm} issues a command specifying location and manner. The coordinated names va-akhimaatz bincha {וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץ בִּנְךָ | wa-ʼăḥîmāʿaṣ binḵā} and viyehonatan ben-Evyatar {וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֛ר | wîyhōnāṯān ben ʼĕvīyāṯār} enumerate participants, and the construct chain sh’nei beneikhem ittkhem {שְׁנֵ֥י בְּנֵיכֶ֖ם אִתְּכֶֽם | šᵊnê benêḵem ʼittəkem} underscores possession and accompaniment. This syntax links recognition of prophetic authority with the directive to return safely. |