| 16. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the sequential waw-consecutive verb veyashvu {וישבו | wə-yăš-bû} marking continuation, followed immediately by the proper name veyishbi benov {וְיִשְׁבִּ֨י בְּנֹ֜ב | wə-yîš-bî bə-nōw} identifying Ishbi-benob. The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʼăš-er} restricts him to his lineage, articulated by the prepositional construct bilyidei harafah {בִּילִידֵ֣י הָרָפָה | bə-yî-lî-ḏê hā-rā-pāh}. The construct sequence umishqal kēno mishqal nechoshet {וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל נְחֹשֶׁת | û-miš-qāl kē-nō miš-qāl nᵊ-ḥō-šeṯ} quantifies his spear’s metal and weight, specifying “three hundred shekels.” The participle chagur chadashah {חָגוּר חֲדָשָׁה | ḥā-gūr ḥă-dā-šāh} depicts his readiness with a pristine sword. Finally, the Hiphil infinitive lehakot {לְהַכּוֹת | lə-hak-kōṯ} governs et-David {אֶת־דָּוִד | ʾet-dā-wîḏ}, preserving the immediacy of his threat to strike David. |