| 10. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative begins with the verb vaya‘al {וַיַּעַל | wayya‘al} ‘and went up’, employing the vav-consecutive to advance the sequence. The noun hagoral {הַגּוֹרָל | ha-gô-rāl} ‘the lot’ is specified by the ordinal hashlishi {הַשְּׁלִישִׁי | haš-šəlîšî} ‘the third’, marking the order of allotment. The prepositional construct livnei Zevulun {לִבְנֵי זְבוּלֻן | lī-və-nē Ze-vu-lun} ‘to the sons of Zebulun’ identifies the tribal recipients, and lemishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-tām} ‘according to their clans’ highlights internal subdivisions. The vav-consecutive vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayyehî} ‘and it was’ introduces the result clause, where gevul {גְּבוּל | gə-vūl} ‘boundary’ and its construct nachalatam {נַחֲלָתָם | na-ḥă-lā-tām} ‘of their inheritance’ define the scope of the land, concluding with the compound ad-sarid {עַד־שָׂרִיד | ʿad-sā-rîḏ} ‘as far as Sarid’ unified by the maqaf. English word order adjusts Hebrew verb–subject–indirect-object patterns for clarity while preserving emphasis on tribal allocation and geographic limits. |