| 41. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is a continuation of a territorial catalog, using a paratactic list of place names linked by vav-conjunctions (ugederot {וּגְדֵר֕וֹת | ū-gəḏērōṯ} ‘and Gederoth’, venaamah {וְנַעֲמָ֖ה | wə-naʿămāh} ‘and Naamah’, umakkedah {וּמַקֵּדָ֑ה | ū-maqqēdāh} ‘and Makkedah’). After the name series, the construction arim shesh-esre {עָרִ֥ים שֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | ʿārîm šēš-ʿeśrēh} ‘cities, sixteen’ functions as a summarizing count for the listed sites, with the numeral following the noun in a compact register typical of administrative enumeration. The closing phrase vechatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | wə-ḥaṣrêhen} ‘and their villages’ adds the dependent rural settlements associated with the named cities, completing the hierarchy “named towns → total number → attached villages.” The final samekh {ס | sāmek} indicates a traditional scribal paragraph break rather than additional content. |