| 32. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the prepositional phrase ū-mimmattêh {וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה | ū-mi-mattêh} ‘and from the tribe’, where the vav-prefixed preposition introduces the tribal source. The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes the legal term ʿîr miqlátt hārōṣêaḥ {עִ֣יר מִקְלַ֣ט הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ | ʿîr miq-lát hā-rō-ṣê-ʻaḥ}, “city of refuge for the manslayer.” The definite article on hārōṣêaḥ signals a class of persons rather than an individual. The proper noun qédeš bagāliyl {קֶ֨דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִ֤יל | qé-deš ba-gā-līl} identifies the location. Repeated coordination with wə-ʾet {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} introduces each additional city and its associated pastureland miġrasêhā {מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ | mi-gra-še-hā}. The final phrase ʿărîm šālôš {עָרִ֖ים שָׁלֹֽשׁ | ʿă-rîm šā-lōš} has the numeral agreeing in gender with the noun, underscoring the completeness of the territorial allotment. |