| 7. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew narrative employs the vav-consecutive in veʿalah {וְעָלָה | və-ʿā-lā} to sequence the boundary’s movement. The construct meʿemeq ʿakhor {מֵעֵ֣מֶק עָכוֹר | me-ʿê-meq ʿā-khor} establishes the starting point, followed by the directional adverb ve-tsafonah {וְצָפ֜וֹנָה | və-tsa-pō-nāh} and the participle poneh {פֹּנֶ֣ה | pō-nē} to indicate a turn. The defining relative clause asher-nokhach lemaʿaleh adummim {אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙ לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֔ים | ʾă-šer nō-ḥaḥ lə-ma-ʿă-leh ʾa-du-mîm} is rendered as “which faces the Ascent of Adummim,” preserving Hebrew concision. The final vehayu totsotav {וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו | və-hā-yū tō-ṣə-ʾō-ṯā-v} clause marks the boundary’s terminus with the noun for “its goings out.” |