| 27. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with uva'emek {וּבָעֵ֡מֶק | ū-vā-ʿē-meq} ‘and in the valley’, establishing the geographic frame. It continues with a series of place names—beit haram {בֵּ֣ית הָרָם֩ | bêṯ hā-rām}, uveit nimrah {וּבֵ֨ית נִמְרָ֜ה | ū-bêṯ nim-rāh}, vesukkot {וְסֻכּ֣וֹת | wə-suk-kōṯ}, vetsaphon {וְצָפ֗וֹן | wə-ṣā-phon}—coordinated by vav-conjunctions in an asyndetic list typical of Hebrew boundary descriptions. The construct chain mamlekhet sichon {מַמְלְכוּת סִיחוֹן֙ | mam-le-kûṯ sî-ḥôn} ‘kingdom of Sihon’ linked with melech heshbon {מֶ֣לֶךְ חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן | mê-leḵ ḥĕš-bôn} ‘king of Heshbon’ conveys political possession. Subsequent boundary markers include hayarden {הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן | ha-yăr-dên} ‘the Jordan’, uve-vul {וּגְבֻ֑ל | u-ḡə-vûl} ‘and border’, ad-ketseh {עַד־קְצֵה֙ | ʿad-ḳə-ṯsé} ‘up to the edge’, and yam-kinneret {יָם־כִּנֶּ֔רֶת | yām-kin-né-ret} ‘Sea of Kinneret’. The final clause ever hayarden mizrachah {עֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן מִזְרָֽחָה | ʿé-ber ha-yăr-dên miz-ra-ḥā} ‘beyond the Jordan eastward’ specifies the eastern limit. The chain of vav-linked nominals produces a catalog effect maintained in English through coordinated listing and directional phrasing. |