| 30. Linguistic Exegesis vayahas {וַיַּ֧הַס | wayyāhas} ‘and he hushed’ uses the Hiphil stem to signal Caleb’s causative action. The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks haam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ as the direct object. The preposition el mosheh {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾel-môshēh} directs focus to Moses. The conjunction vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} introduces the ensuing speech. The phrase aloh naaleh {עָלֹה נַעֲלֶה | ʿālôh naʿālēh} pairs an infinitive absolute with a cohortative for emphatic exhortation ‘let us go up.’ Veyarashnu {וְיָרַשְׁנוּ | weyyārāshnû} continues with the cohortative for collective determination ‘let us possess.’ The pronoun otah {אֹתָהּ | ôthâh} identifies ‘it, the land’ as the feminine object. Finally, the construction ki yakhol nukhal lah {כִּי־יָכֹל נוּכַל לָהּ | kî yākhôl nûkhâl lâh} combines an infinitive absolute and an imperfect to convey assured ability, which is rendered in English by “for we are fully able” to mirror Hebrew emphasis. |