| 39. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the emphatic demonstrative zot {זֹאת | zōṯ} ‘this’, signaling a summary statement. The noun nakhalat {נַחֲלַת | naḥă-lāṯ} ‘inheritance’ appears in construct with matteh {מַטֵּה | maṭ-têh} ‘tribe’, forming a genitival chain that defines the tribal allotment. The compound benei-Naphtali {בְנֵי־נַפְתָּלִי | bĕ-nē nap̌-tā-lî} ‘sons of Naphtali’ specifies the beneficiary lineage. The prepositional phrase le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-tām} ‘according to their clans’ introduces a distributive classification by extended family groups. The coordinated nouns he’arim {הֶעָרִים | hê-ʿā-rîm} ‘the cities’ and ve-chatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶן | wǝ-ḥaṣ-rê-hen} ‘and their villages’ complete the geographic scope. The English rendering preserves these structural relationships through possessive and prepositional phrases. |