| 43. Linguistic Exegesis This verse is a verbless coordination that continues the town-catalog style typical of allotment lists. Each item is introduced with a prefixed vav, creating a rhythmic enumeration: ve- {וְ | wə} ‘and’ attached to Yiftaḥ {יִפְתָּח | yip̄ṭāḥ} and ʾAšnah {אַשְׁנָה | ʾašnāh}, and the phonological variant u- {וּ | ū} ‘and’ attached to Nəṣiv {נְצִיב | nəṣîḇ}. The repeated conjunction marks each name as a distinct entry rather than treating the final name as merely appended. English can either keep the repeated “and” to mirror the Hebrew chaining (formal), or use commas while still retaining the initial “and” to preserve the list-like cadence (dynamic). |