| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav consecutive vayetze {וַיֵּצֵא | wayyēṣēʾ} “and it came out,” a sequential narrative marker; the subject hagoral {הַגּוֹרָל | ha-gôrāl} “the lot” is modified by the ordinal hasheni {הַשֵּׁנִי | ha-šênî} “the second,” indicating an ordered selection. The cumulative prepositional series le-Shim‘on {לְשִׁמְעוֹן | lə-šim-ʿōn} “for Simeon,” le-matteh bênê-Shim‘on {לְמַטֵּה בְנֵי־שִׁמְעוֹן | lə-maṭ-têh bə-nê-šim-ʿōn} “for the tribe of the sons of Simeon,” and le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם | lə-miš-pe-ḥō-tām} “for their clans” underscores both tribal and clan allocations. The conjunction vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî} “and it was” introduces the result clause nachalatam {נַחֲלָתָם | na-ḥă-lā-tām} “their inheritance” betokh nachalat bênê-Yehudah {בְּתוֹךְ נַחֲלַת בְנֵי־יְהוּדָה | bə-tōḵ na-ḥă-lāt bə-nê-yə-hû-ḏā} “within the inheritance of the sons of Judah,” which positions Simeon’s allotment inside Judah’s territory. The Hebrew construct chains and word order foreground both the process and outcome of tribal distribution. |