| 39. Linguistic Exegesis The verse presents an asyndetic list of three place names joined by vav {וְ | wə} ‘and’ with sheva and by vav {וּ | û} ‘and’ with shureq, a typical Hebrew catalogue pattern. No verb appears, emphasizing enumeration within Joshua’s territorial allotment. Each element functions as an independent geographic marker: Lakhish {לָכִ֥ישׁ | lā·ḵîš} ‘Lachish’, û {וּ | û} ‘and’, Bosqat {בָצְקַ֖ת | bā·ṣə·qaṯ} ‘Bozkath’, ve {וְ | wə} ‘and’, ʿEglōn {עֶגְלֽוֹן | ʿe·gəl·ōn} ‘Eglon’. English replicates the sequence with commas and “and” to preserve the Hebrew enumeration. |