| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the inferential conjunction al-ken {עַל־כֵּן֙ | ʿal-kēn} ‘therefore’, linking to the preceding narrative. The verb qara {קָרָ֣א | qā-rāʾ} introduces a naming formula whose object la-be’er {לַבְּאֵ֔ר | la-bə-ʾēr} ‘to the well’ receives the proper name Beer-lahai-roi. This name combines beer {בְּאֵ֥ר | bə-ʾēr} ‘well’ in construct with lachai roi {לַחַ֖י רֹאִ֑י | la-ḥay rō-ʾî} ‘(of) the Living One seeing me’, commemorating divine oversight. The interjection hinneh {הִנֵּ֥ה | hin-nēh} ‘behold’ signals a transition to locative detail, provided by the paired phrases bein-Kadesh {בֵין־קָדֵ֖שׁ | bēn-qā-ḏēš} and u-vein Bered {וּבֵ֥ן בָּֽרֶד | û-ḇên bā-reḏ}, rendered idiomatically “between Kadesh and Bered.” |