וְגַם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְגַם֙

   ve-GAM

   and also
2. clause🔊 וְגַם֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בְּחַֽצְצֹ֥ן תָּמָֽר׃

   ve-GAM et-ha-e-mo-RI ha-yo-SHEV be-khats-TSON ta-MAR

   and also the Amorite who dwelt in Hazazon Tamar
3. sentence🔊 וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּ וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ אֶל־עֵ֤ין מִשְׁפָּט֙ הִ֣וא קָדֵ֔שׁ וַיַּכּ֕וּ אֶֽת־כָּל־שְׂדֵ֖ה הָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י וְגַם֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בְּחַֽצְצֹ֥ן תָּמָֽר׃

   va-ya-shu-VU va-ya-VO-u el-EIN mish-PAT HI ka-DESH va-yak-KU et-kol-se-DE ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-GAM et-ha-e-mo-RI ha-yo-SHEV be-khats-TSON ta-MAR

   {And} they returned {And} they came to En Mishpat that is Kadesh {And} they struck all the land of the Amalekite and also the Amorite who dwelt in Hazazon Tamar

Exegesis

The second object, introduced by vegam {וְגַם | wəgam} ‘and also,’ is ha'emori hayoshev bechatsezon tamar {הָאֱמֹרִי הַיֹּשֵׁב בְּחַצְצֹן תָּמָר | hāʾĕmōrî hayyōšēḇ bəḥaṣṣōn tāmār} ‘the Amorite, the one dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar,’ where the definite Qal participle hayyōšēḇ functions substantivally to denote a settled population at that site. English rendering preserves the sequential feel of the Hebrew narrative chain while reshaping the apposition “it is Kadesh” into a clarifying phrase and maintaining the construct relationships as “spring of judgment” and “territory of the Amalekite.”