| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse features three vav-consecutive verbs—vayomer {וַיֹּֽאמֶר | vāyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, vayakam {וַיָּ֖קָם | vāyāqām} ‘and he rose’, and vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vāyēleḵ} ‘and he went’—driving the narrative forward. The phrase lekh bᵊšālôm {לֵ֣ךְ בְּשָׁלוֹם | lēḵ bᵊšālôm} ‘go in peace’ pairs an imperative with a prepositional benediction, constituting a farewell blessing. The directional he on khevronah {חֶבְרֽוֹנָה | ḥeḇrōnāh} marks movement toward Hebron. In English, the command precedes the motion verbs to reflect the Hebrew sequence, while transitional adverbs preserve coherence. |