| 39. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative is driven by waw-consecutive verbs such as wayyaavor {וַיַּעֲבֹר | wayyaʿăḇôr} ‘and he crossed’ and vayenashek {וַיְנַשֵּׁק | wayyiṯnaššēq} ‘and he kissed’, which create a consecutive flow. The maqqef in kolhaam {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hā-ʿām} unites “all” with “the people” as a single syntactic unit. The repetition of vehamelekh {וְהַמֶּלֶךְ | wə-ham-mě-lěḵ} emphasizes the central role of the king. The Piel aspect in veyevarekehu {וַיְבָרֲכֵהוּ | wayyiḇāraḵēhū} highlights an intentional blessing, and the prepositional phrase limkomo {לִמְקוֹמוֹ | li-mə-qō-mō} indicates motion toward a personal location. |