| 26. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs a series of parallel prepositional phrases introduced by the conjunction vav {וּ | ū} ‘and’ combined with the prepositions min {מִן־ | min} ‘from’ and ʿad {עַד־ | ʿad} ‘to/until’, establishing two geographic spans. The first span runs from ume-kheshbon to ramat ha-mitzpeh, and the second from umimachanayim to gevul. The definite article ha {הַ | ha} ‘the’ before mitzpeh specifies a distinct site, while the maqef {־ | maqef} tightly links preposition and noun to signal syntactic unity. This min–ʿad parallelism is mirrored in English by paired “from…to…” clauses, and the term gevul is rendered “border” to preserve its territorial nuance. |