| 17. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs the vav-consecutive to link narrative actions, as seen in vayilkedah {וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ | va-yil-kə-ḏā́h} ‘and he captured it’ followed by vayittenlo {וַיִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ | va-yit-ten-lō} ‘and he gave to him’. The noun phrases Othniel ben-Kenaz {עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־קְנַ֖ז | ʿōṯ-ni-yḗl ben-qě-nāz} ‘Othniel son of Kenaz’ and akhi Kalev {אֲחִ֣י כָלֵ֑ב | a-ḥî kā-lēḇ} ‘brother of Caleb’ form an appositional construct chain marking kinship. The direct object marker et prefixes Aksah {עַכְסָ֥ה | ʿak-ṣâh} ‘Aksah’, and the phrase bitto le-ishah {בִתּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה | bit-tō lə-ʾiš-šâh} denotes the matrimonial transfer ‘as a wife’. The Hebrew VSO order is adapted to English SVO to preserve emphasis on subject actions and relational transactions. |