| 16. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with zot {זֹאת | zō-ṭ} ‘this’, introducing a summary statement of tribal allocation. Nachalat {נַחֲלַת | na-ḥa-lat} ‘inheritance’ enters a construct chain with bnei-zevulun {בְּנֵי־זְבוּלֻן | bənê-ze-vū-lûn} ‘sons of Zebulun’, signaling tribal ownership. Le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-ṯām} ‘according to their families’ functions as a prepositional modifier specifying clan divisions. The parallel coordination ha-arim {הֶעָרִים | hā-‘ā-rîm} ‘the cities’ and ve-chatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶן | wə-ḥat-sre-hên} ‘and their villages’ lists main settlements and their dependent sites. The Hebrew construct states and coordinated nouns yield precise territorial enumeration, rendered in English by subordinating modifiers and coordinating nouns. |