| 46. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative begins with vayehi {וַיְהִי | va-ye-hî} ‘and it was’, a result clause marker. The phrase kol-hanofelim {כָל־הַנֹּפְלִים | kol ha-nô-p̄ə-lîm} ‘all the fallen’ functions as subject, modified by mibinyamin {מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן | mib-bi-yan-mín} ‘from Benjamin’. The additive numeral structure esrim-vachamisha-elef {עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אֶלֶף | ʿê-srîm va-ḥă-mi-ššā́ ʾé-leph} ‘twenty and five thousand’ quantifies ish {אִישׁ | īsh} ‘men’. The participial clause sholef-cherev {שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶב | šō-lêp̄ ḥe-rev} ‘drawing sword’ highlights active combatants. The temporal adverbial bayom-hahu {בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא | ba-yōm hah-hû} ‘on that day’ anchors the event. The particle et-kol-eleh {אֵת־כָּל אֵלֶּה | ʾet-kôl ʾê-lléh} marks the appositional clause Kol-eleh anshei-chayil {כָּל־אֵלֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָיִל | kol ʾê-lléh an-śê-ḥā-yîl} ‘all these men of valor’, providing characterization. English renders the Hebrew result and appositional structures into a clear subject–verb–object sequence without losing emphasis. |