| 32. Linguistic Exegesis The verse’s structure consists of two parallel beneficiary phrases. It begins with the phrase livnei {לִבְנֵי | li-və-nê} ‘to the sons of’, which marks the recipients and is understood to refer to the tribe of Naphtali in both instances. Between these phrases, the verb yatza {יָצָא | yā-ṣāʾ} ‘it went out’ (Qal perfect) describes the lot’s emergence. The subject haggoral hashishi {הַגּוֹרָל הַשִּׁשִּׁי | ha-ḡô-ral ha-šî-šî} ‘the sixth lot’ specifies the ordinal sequence of allotment. The second phrase reiterates the tribal designation before the prepositional construct lemishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥô-tām} ‘according to their clans’, which defines the kinship subdivisions used for distribution. This parallelism highlights the methodical allocation of territory by clan. |