| 8. Linguistic Exegesis vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | vayyāšāḇ} ‘and he returned’ employs a vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect to signal sequential action; miyyāmîm {מִיָּמִים | miyyāmîm} ‘after days’ functions as a temporal adverbial marking the lapse before Samson’s return; the infinitive lekachta {לְקַחְתָּהּ | ləqāḥtāh} ‘to take her’ expresses purpose, while the infinitive lirot {לִרְאוֹת | lir’ōṯ} ‘to see’ with the direct-object marker et {אֵת | ʾēt} introduces mapp̄eleṯ {מַפֶּלֶת | mapp̄eleṯ} ‘carcass’ of haaryeh {הָאַרְיֵה | hāʾāryēh} ‘lion’; the interjection vehinneh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hinnēh} ‘and behold’ introduces the unexpected discovery; the construct adat {עֲדַת | ʿădat} ‘swarm’ + dvorim {דְּבוֹרִים | dəvôrîm} ‘bees’ within the locative bigviyat {בִּגְוִיַּת | bigəvîyaṯ} ‘in the body’ of the lion creates vivid imagery and heightens the dramatic surprise. |