| 32. Linguistic Exegesis The verse features two parallel prepositional clauses linked by the conjunction vehu {וְהוּא | və-hūʾ} ‘and he,’ maintaining continuity with the prior discourse. The first clause uses liqvarot {לִקְבָרוֹת | li-qə-vā-rōṯ} ‘to graves’ as a destination phrase, followed by the Qal imperfect passive yuval {יוּבָל | yū-ḇāl} ‘will be brought,’ indicating lack of agency. The second clause begins with the coordinated prepositional phrase veʿal-gadish {וְעַל־גָּדִישׁ | wə-ʿal-ɡā-ḏîš} ‘and over the mound,’ a poetic tomb marker, and concludes with the Qal imperfect yishqod {יִשְׁקֹד | yiš-qō-ḏ} ‘keeps watch,’ conveying an ongoing vigil. English mirrors this parallelism and preserves the Hebrew imperfect’s aspectual distinctions through passive and progressive renderings. |