| 36. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the discourse marker hinneh {הִנֵּה | hinnē} ‘behold’ to highlight the announcement. The locative sham {שָׁם | šām} functions with the prepositional phrase im-mam {עִמָּם | ʿimmām} ‘with them’ to specify location. The construct chain šnê bnēhēm {שְׁנֵי בְנֵיהֶם | šnê bnēhēm} ‘two of their sons’ establishes a genitival relationship. The names aḥîmāʿaṣ {אֲחִימַעַץ | ʾăḥîmāʿaṣ} and yĕhōnāṯān {יְהוֹנָתָן | yĕhōnāṯān} are each linked by lə-ṣādōq and lə-ʾivyāṯār to indicate ‘son of’ relationships. The directive u-šəlāḥtem {וּשְׁלַחְתֶּם | u-šəlāḥtem} ‘and you shall send’ introduces the command, followed by the instrumental idiom bə-yāḏām {בְּיָדָם | bə-yāḏām} ‘by their hand’ for agency. The relative clause ʾăšer tišməʿū {אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמָעוּ | ʾăšer tišməʿū} ‘that you hear’ modifies kāl-dāḇār {כָּל־דָּבָר | kāl-dāḇār} ‘every word.’ English ordering places the subjects before the verb and renders the idiom more naturally as ‘through their hand.’ |