| 15. Linguistic Exegesis This verse is a continuation of a larger allocation list and consists of four coordinated constituents, each introduced by ve'et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ} ‘and (object marker)’. Hebrew uses ʾet to mark definite direct objects, so English represents the sequence primarily through coordination (“and”) rather than a visible object marker. Each city name is immediately paired with its attached land through the repeated noun with suffix, migrasheha {מִגְרָשֶׁהָ | mīḡrāšehā} ‘its pastureland’, creating a tight city-plus-commonland pattern. The repetition functions as list-parallelism, emphasizing that the grant includes both the urban settlement and the surrounding designated open area necessary for herds and livelihood. |