| 29. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ’et} ‘direct object marker’ before each place name, marking them as objects. Each locality forms a construct chain with its pasturelands: Yarmut with migrasheha {מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ | mi-grā-šê-hā} ‘pasturelands of it’, and the proper noun En Gannim from ‘ên gannim {עֵ֥ין גַּנִּ֖ים | ’ên gan-nîm} (‘spring of gardens’) also taking migrasheha. The final phrase arim arba {עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע | ʿā-rîm ar-baʿ} ‘towns four’ uses Hebrew noun–numeral order to summarize the total. English reorders for readability, grouping each town with its pastureland before stating the total count. |