| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The clause opens with vayoresh {וַיֹּ֤רֶשׁ | wā-yō-reš} ‘and he dispossessed’, a vav-consecutive narrative verb that advances the conquest sequence with Caleb as the agent (named immediately after the locative phrase). Misham {מִשָּׁם֙ | miš-šām} ‘from there’ functions adverbially to anchor the action to the previously mentioned location, creating cohesion with the surrounding narrative. The direct object is introduced by et-sheloshah {אֶת־שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה | ʾet-šə-lō-šāh}, where the direct object marker is bound by maqqef to the numeral, marking the following group as the affected object. The phrase benei ha-anak {בְּנֵ֣י הָעֲנָ֑ק | bə-nê hā-ʿă-nāq} ‘sons of the Anak’ is a construct chain specifying lineage, then the three individuals are listed with repeated object-marking (et-sheshai {אֶת־שֵׁשַׁ֤י | ʾet-šē-šay}, ve-et-achiman {וְאֶת־אֲחִימַן֙ | wə-ʾet-ʾă-ḥî-mān}, ve-et-talmai {וְאֶת־תַּלְמַ֔י | wə-ʾet-tal-māy}), which gives each name separate prominence. The closing apposition yelidei ha-anak {יְלִידֵ֖י הָעֲנָֽק | yə-lî-ḏê hā-ʿă-nāq} ‘those born of the Anak’ restates the ancestry in a second, tighter construct phrase, reinforcing that the removals target a particular lineage. English punctuation with dashes effectively mirrors the Hebrew’s right-branching apposition (group description → named list → lineage restatement) while keeping the names clear. |