| 37. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the accusative marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object signal’ before each definite noun, emphasizing each city and its corresponding pastureland. The conjunction ve {וְ | wə} ‘and’ links each pair in a coordinated series. Kedemot {קְדֵמוֹת֙ | qə̆-dê-mōṯ} and Meipa‘at {מֵיפָ֖עַת | mē-yə-pā-ʿaṯ} are proper place-names followed by migrasheha {מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ | mi-grā-še-hā} ‘pasturelands owned’, marked by a pronominal suffix. The generic noun arim {עָרִ֖ים | ʿā-rîm} ‘cities’ precedes the numeral arba {אַרְבַּֽע׃ | ’ar-bā‘} ‘four’, placing the total count at the end. Punctuation in the English translation clarifies the listing structure while preserving the original Hebrew order and emphasis on enumeration. |