| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs sequential vav-consecutive forms to drive the narrative—vattisa {וַתִּשָּׂא֙ | va-tti-sāʾ} “lifted up,” vayittnu {וַיִּתְּנוּ | va-yit-te-nû} “they gave,” and vayivku {וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ | va-yiv-kū} “they wept.” The collective noun kol-ha-edah {כָּל־הָעֵדָה | kol-hā-ʾē-ḏāh} underscores united participation, while et-kolam {אֶת־קוֹלָם | ʾet-qō-lām} highlights the communal outcry. The temporal clause balaylah hahu {בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא | ba-lay-lāh ha-hû} “that night” specifies the occasion. In the dynamic version, the time expression is fronted for natural English flow without altering the original sequence of events. |