| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is structured as a list of geographic designations connected by the conjunction ve {וְ | wə} ‘and’. The initial veha-gilʾād {וְהַגִּלְעָ֞ד | wə-haggil-ʾād} ‘and the Gilead’ introduces a standalone region. The construct ugevul {וּגְב֧וּל | ū-ḡə-vul} ‘and border’ followed by hageshuri {הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣י | ha-ḡə-šūrî} and vemaakhati {וְהַמַּעֲכָתִ֗י | wə-hammāʿăḵāṯî} marks possession for adjacent peoples. The repeated phrase vekol {וְכֹ֨ל | wə-ḵōl} ‘and all’ before nouns (har {הַ֥ר | hār} ‘mountain’ and habashan {הַבָּשָׁ֖ן | hab-bā-šān} ‘the Bashan’) employs parallelism to emphasize totality. Finally, the preposition ad {עַד־ | ʿad-} ‘up to’ establishes Salecah {סַלְכָֽה | śalkā} as the boundary endpoint. The passage exemplifies a Hebrew legal or geographic boundary enumeration. |