| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse continues the boundary description with the vav-consecutive clause umishsham {וּמִשָּׁם | û-miš-šām} ‘and from there’, combining conjunction, preposition, and locative adverb to link from the previous point. The verb avar {עָבַר | ʿā-var} ‘it passed’ initiates movement. The terms kedmah {קֵדְמָה | qeḏ-mā(h)} ‘eastward’ and mizrachah {מִזְרָחָה | miz-rā-ḥā(h)} ‘toward the east’ function as a hendiadys reinforcing orientation. A sequence of place names gittah {גִּתָּה | gĭt-tā(h)}, hefer {חֵפֶר | ḥê-per}, ittah {עִתָּה | ʿiṯ-tā(h)}, and katsin {קָצִין | qā-ṣîn} maps the path, after which veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ leads to rimmon {רִמּוֹן | rīm-mōn} and the boundary marker hammetoar {הַמְּתֹאָר | ham-mə-ṯō-ʾār} at Neah {הַנֵּעָה | han-nê-ʿā(h)}. The structure underscores linear progression and precise geographic demarcation. |