| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the coordinated noun phrases vekhol arei hamishor {וְכֹל עָרֵי הַמִּישֹׁר | vǝ-ḵōl ʿārê hammî-šôr} ‘all the cities of the plain’ and vekhol mamlakhut sichon {וְכָל־מַמְלְכוּת סִיחֹן | vǝ-ḵāl mamlāḵût sîḥôn} ‘and all the kingdom of Sihon’, framing the territorial extent. The relative clause melek haemori asher malakh becheshbon {מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמוֹרִי אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן | mêleḵ hā-ʾĕmôrî ʾǎšer mâlaḵ bǝ-ḥeš-bôn} specifies his reign’s seat. That is followed by the relative clause asher hiqqah moshe oto {אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה מֹשֶׁה אֹתוֹ | ʾǎšer hiqqāh Môšē ʾôtô} highlighting Moses’s agency in the Hiphil perfect. The appositional series nesiei midyan {נְשִׂיאֵי מִדְיָן | nesîʾê Midyān} enumerates the Midianite chiefs, with each proper name as an apposition. The participle construct yoshevei haaretz {יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ | yōšēvē hā-ʾāreṣ} ‘inhabitants of the land’ attributes dwelling to those princes. Nested clauses are rendered sequentially, and em dashes set off the list of leaders for clarity. |