| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the prepositional phrase mechevel {מֵחֶ֙בֶל֙ | mê-ḥé-vel} ‘from the portion’, forming a construct with benei Yehudah {בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה | bĕ-nḗ Yĕ-hû-dā́h} ‘sons of Judah’ to establish territorial origin. The construct phrase nachalat benei Shimʿon {נַחֲלַ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י שִׁמְע֑וֹן | na-ḥă-lā́ṯ bĕ-nḗ Šim-ʿṓn} ‘inheritance of the sons of Simeon’ serves as the object. The conjunction kihayah {כִּֽי־הָיָ֞ה | kî-hā-yā́(h)} ‘for it was’ introduces the causal clause where chelek {חֵ֤לֶק | ḥê-leq} ‘portion’ is described as rav {רַ֣ב | râb} ‘abundant’ relative to mehem {מֵהֶ֔ם | mê-hêm} ‘than them’. The vav-consecutive in vayinchalu {וַיִּנְחֲל֥וּ | wă-yin-ḥă-lû́} ‘and they inherited’ marks narrative sequence, and the final prepositional phrase betokh nachalatam {בְּת֥וֹךְ נַחֲלָתָֽם | bə-tṓḵ na-ḥă-lā́-ṯām} ‘within their inheritance’ clarifies placement. The layered construct chains and causal structure underscore legal and spatial relations in tribal allotment. |