| 2. Linguistic Exegesis The verse continues a boundary description by using a sequence of wayyiqtol-style verbs with vav consecutive: veyatsa {וְיָצָ֥א | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ followed by veavar {וְעָבַ֛ר | wə-ʿā-ḇar} ‘and it crossed/passed over’, presenting consecutive stages along the line. The phrase mibbeit-el {מִבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל | mi-bêt-ʾēl} sets the starting point with a prepositional phrase, and luzah {ל֑וּזָה | lū-zāh} includes the directional he locale, signaling movement “toward Luz” rather than merely identifying the town. The compound preposition-plus-noun el-gevul {אֶל־גְּב֥וּל | ʾel-gə-vûl} introduces the next target as a boundary point. The article-marked gentilic ha-arkhi {הָאַרְכִּ֖י | hā-ʾărkî} functions substantivally (“the Archite”), specifying whose border is meant, and atarot {עֲטָרֽוֹת | ʿă-ṭā-rōṯ} stands as the named location associated with that border. The English renderings keep the step-by-step topographic progression while supplying minimal linking words needed for clear clause flow. |