| 4. Linguistic Exegesis The verse unfolds through a sequence of vav-consecutive actions—vayashev {וַיָּ֥שֶׁב | wayyāšeḇ} ‘and he returned’, vattikkakh {וַתִּקַּ֣ח | wattikkāḥ} ‘and she took’, vattittenehu {וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ | wattittənēhû} ‘and she gave it’, wayyaasehu {וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ | wayya‘ăśēhû} ‘and he made it’, vayehi {וַיְהִ֖י | wayəhî} ‘and it came to be’—which creates a rapid narrative flow. The dual numeral maatayim {מָאתַ֨יִם | māʿattayīm} precisely quantifies kesef {כֶּ֜סֶף | keśeph}. The construct phrase beveit Mikhayehu {בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽיְהוּ | bᵉwêt mīḵāʾyāhû} situates the resulting peśel {פֶּ֣סֶל | peśel} and umassekha {וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה | umasseḵāh} within Micah’s household, highlighting both carved and molten cultic forms. |