| 34. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the distributive prepositional phrase ule-mishpechot {וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת | û-lə-mish-pə-ḥōt} ‘and to the families’ followed by benei-merari {בְּנֵי־מְרָרִי | bə-nêi mərārî} ‘sons of Merari’ and ha-leviyim hanotarim {הַלְוִיִּם הַנּוֹתָרִים | ha-lə-wî-yim ha-nō-tā-rîm} ‘the remaining Levites’, marking the recipients. The phrase me-et matteh Zevulun {מֵאֵת מַטֵּה זְבוּלֻן | mē-’ēt maṭ-ṭê ze-vu-lun} ‘from the tribe of Zebulun’ indicates the tribal source. Each allocation is introduced by the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ’et} ‘direct object marker’, creating a paratactic list. The construct migrasheha {מִגְרָשֶׁהָ | mi-grā-šê-hā} ‘pastureland of hers’ with a third person feminine singular suffix applies to both Jokneam and Kartah, preserving Hebrew possessive chaining and enumeration. |