| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The clause opens with the vav-conjunction phrase ve-li-v’nei {וְלִבְנֵי | wə-liv-nê} ‘and to the sons of’, indicating a dative recipient. The participle hanotarim {הַנּוֹתָרִים | han-nō-tā-rîm} ‘the remaining ones’ specifies the Kohathite subgroup. The repeated construct chain mi-mishpechot {מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹות | mim-miš-pə-ḥōt} ‘from the families of’ with matteh {מַטֵּה | maṯ-tê} ‘tribe’ establishes a distributive genitive for Ephraim, Dan, and half Manasseh. The prepositional phrase ba-goral {בַּגּוֹרָל | ba-ǵō-rāl} ‘by the lot’ introduces the method of allocation. The noun-numeral phrase arim aser {עָרִים עָשֶׂר | ʿā-rîm ʿā-šer} ‘ten cities’ uses a qualifier structure. Hebrew word order places the recipient first, then the allotment, underscoring the recipients’ focus. English rendering preserves the distributive dative and the allotment mechanism. |