| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse enumerates settlement allotments by pairing each town with its lands. Each definite noun is introduced by the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘definite direct object marker’ and linked by the conjunction vav-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} ‘and + direct object marker’. The settlement names form construct relations with migrashehā {מִגְרָשֶׁהָ | mi-grā-šē-hā} ‘pasturelands’, expressing possession. The noun-number sequence ʿārîm arba {עָרִים אַרְבַּע | ʿā-rîm ʾar-baʿ} ‘cities four’ follows the Hebrew cardinal pattern, rendered as “four cities” in English to preserve emphasis and clarity. |