| 19. Linguistic Exegesis This verse continues the long direct object chain begun in the preceding context, where the promised “land” is the implied head noun. The first two Hebrew graphic words are bound forms with maqqef: et-haqeyni {אֶת־הַקֵּינִי֙ | ʾeṯ-ha-qê-nî} and ve-et-haqenizzi {וְאֶת־הַקְּנִזִּ֔י | wə-ʾeṯ-ha-qəniz-zî}. In each case, the particle ʾet functions as a definite direct object marker attached to a gentilic noun marked by the article ha. The third word, ve-et {וְאֵ֖ת | wə-ʾēt}, is conjunction plus direct object marker standing before the final gentilic haqadmoni {הַקַּדְמֹנִֽי | ha-qad-mō-nî}. Syntactically, the verse forms part of a coordinated series of ethnic designations, each governed by the underlying object “land,” so that the sense is “the land of the Kenites, and of the Kenizzites, and of the Kadmonites.” The repeated vav-conjunction {וְ | wə} produces a polysyndetic list, giving rhetorical weight to each group in the territorial promise. English preserves this cumulative effect through repeated “and” and parallel noun phrases, while making the gentilic singular forms function collectively as plural peoples (“Kenites,” “Kenizzites,” “Kadmonites”). |