| 36. Linguistic Exegesis This verse is a list within Judah’s boundary-town catalogue. Four place names are coordinated by repeated waw, creating a straightforward additive sequence: veShaarayim {וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ | wə-šaʿă-rayyim} through uGederotayim {וּגְדֵרֹתָ֑יִם | ū-ḡe-ḏē-rō-ṯā-yim}. After the names, the summary phrase arim {עָרִ֥ים | ʿā-rîm} ‘towns’ is quantified by the compound numeral arba-esreh {אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | ʾar-baʿ-ʿeś-rêh} ‘fourteen’, a common Hebrew numbering pattern where the total follows the category. The final term vechatsreyhen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | wə-ḥaṣ-rê-hen} ‘and their villages’ uses a construct plural with a feminine plural suffix, indicating dependent settlements belonging to the towns just named; this tightens the discourse by moving from named centers to their associated satellite communities. |