| 6. Linguistic Exegesis This verse follows a methodical geographic description, with alternating vav-consecutive verbs marking movement (veʿalah {וְעָלָ֤ה | wə‘ālâh} ‘and it went up’; veʿavar {וְעָבַ֕ר | wə‘āvar} ‘and it passed over’). The construct chain beit ḥoglah {בֵּ֣ית חָגְלָ֔ה | bēt ḥāgəlâh} ‘house of Hoglah’ parallels le-beit ha-ʿaravah {לְבֵ֣ית הָעֲרָבָ֑ה | lə-bēt ha-‘āravâh} ‘to the house of the Arabah,’ while the prepositional phrase miṣpôn {מִצְּפ֖וֹן | miṣpôn} ‘north’ establishes direction. The final pair even bohān {אֶ֥בֶן בֹּהַן | ’ēḇen bôhān} ‘stone of Bohan’ and ben-re’ûbēn {בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן | ben-re’ûbēn} ‘son of Reuben’ forms another construct chain, emphasizing precise tribal demarcation. |