| 48. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the locative prepositional phrase uva-har {וּבָהָ֑ר | ū-bā-hār} ‘and in the hill country’, establishing the spatial domain. The additive conjunction wə {וְ | wə} ‘and’ precedes each place name to form a paratactic list. This verbless construction is typical of Hebrew topographical catalogues, relying on successive nouns to enumerate locations. English translation preserves the order and grouping under the geographic header. |