| 37. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative uses the vav consecutive in vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֥א | wayyâ·ḇōʾ} ‘and he came’ to link this scene to the preceding account. The construct chain Khushai reʿeh David {חוּשַׁ֛י רֵעֶ֥ה דָוִ֖ד | ḥûšay rêʿê Dāwîḏ} establishes Hushai’s role as David’s companion. The definite haʿir {הָעִ֑יר | hā·ʿîr} ‘the city’ indicates a specific locale, which is then named by the proper noun Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | yerûšā·láyim} ‘Jerusalem.’ The parallel imperfect verbs (vayavo … yā·ḇōʾ) show simultaneous arrival, and the conjunction in veAvshalom {וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם | wə·ʾaḇ·šālôm} ‘and Absalom’ ties the two movements into a single cohesive narrative flow. |