| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the Qal imperfect yintan {ינטן | yi(n)-tān} ‘he will give’, immediately followed by the Pual jussive yuttan {יֻתַּן | yū-tān} ‘let be given’, forming an intensifying parallel. This petition is quantified by šiv-ʿāh {שִׁבְעָ֤ה | šiv-ʿāh} ‘seven’ and targeted to ʾănāšîm {אֲנָשִׁים֙ | ʾă-nā-šîm} ‘men’. The kinship phrase min-bā-nāw {מִבָּנָ֔יו | min-bā-nāw} ‘from his sons’ defines the source, while the Hiphil cohortative wə-hō-qā-ʿa-nūm {וְהוֹקֽ͏ַעֲנוּם֙ | wə-hō-qā-ʿa-nūm} ‘and let us hang them’ expresses intended execution and ritual presentation. The locative la-Yə-hō-wāh {לַֽיהוָ֔ה | la-Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’ indicates cultic focus, and the setting is specified by bə-gi-bāṯ {בְּגִבְעַ֥ת | bə-gi-bāṯ} ‘at the hill’ plus šā-’ūl {שָׁא֖וּל | šā-’ūl} ‘Saul’. The construct bə-ḥîyr {בְּחִ֣יר | bə-ḥîyr} ‘the chosen’ with Yə-hō-wāh {יְהוָ֑ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘of the LORD’ underscores divine election. Finally, the narrative shifts to direct speech with wa-yō-mer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | wa-yō-mer} ‘and said’, followed by ʾă-nî {אֲנִ֥י | ʾă-nî} ‘I’ and ʾet-tēn {אֶתֵּֽן | ʾet-tēn} ‘will give’, marking royal assent. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew verb sequence, parallelism, and honorific divine titles. |