זֹ֛את

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 זֹ֛את

   ZOT

   this
2. clause🔊 זֹ֛את נַֽחֲלַ֥ת בְּנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃

   ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM

   this is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin by their families
3. sentence🔊 וְצֵלַ֡ע הָאֶ֜לֶף וְהַיְבוּסִ֨י הִ֤יא יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ גִּבְעַ֣ת קִרְיַ֔ת עָרִ֥ים אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶ֑ן זֹ֛את נַֽחֲלַ֥ת בְּנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃

   ve-TSE-la ha-E-lef ve-ha-ye-vu-SI HI ye-ru-sha-LAM giv-AT kir-YAT a-RIM ar-BA-es-RE ve-khats-re-HEN ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM

   and Zela Haeleph and the Jebusite it is Jerusalem Gibeah Kiriath Jearim fourteen and their villages this is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin by their families

Exegesis

The demonstrative zōṯ {זֹ֛את | zōṯ} ‘this’ signals the subsequent noun phrase naḥălāt bənê binyāmîn ləmispəḥōṯām {נַֽחֲלַ֥ת בְּנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם | na-ḥă-lāt bənê bin-yā-mîn lə-miš-pə-ḥō-ṯām} ‘inheritance of the sons of Benjamin for their clans.’ Hebrew employs construct relationships and coordination to convey the territorial allotment, while English uses coordinated noun phrases and appositions to maintain clarity and flow.