| 25. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav-conjoined subjects veha‘amaleki {וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י | wə-hā-ʿā-mā-lē-qî} ‘and the Amalekite’ and vehakena‘ani {וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י | wə-hā-ḵə-na-‘ā-nî} ‘and the Canaanite’, establishing the agents of the scene. The Qal participle yoshev {יוֹשֵׁ֣ב | yō-šēḇ} ‘dwelling’ denotes an ongoing state. The prepositional phrase ba‘emeq {בָּעֵ֑מֶק | bā-‘ê-meq} ‘in the valley’ specifies location. The adverb machar {מָחָ֗ר | mā-ḥār} ‘tomorrow’ introduces a temporal frame that triggers the sequence of imperatives penu {פְּנ֨וּ | pə-nū} ‘turn’ and use’u {וּסְע֥וּ | ū-sə-‘û} ‘set out’. The dative pronominal suffix in lakhem {לָכֶ֛ם | lā-ḵem} ‘for yourselves’ indicates participant responsibility. The goal ha-midbar {הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר | ha-mid-bār} ‘the wilderness’, its route derekh {דֶּ֥רֶךְ | dē-reḵ} ‘way’, and the directional object yam-suf {יַם־סֽוּף | yam-sûf} ‘Sea of Reeds’ complete the spatial instruction. The parashah marker p {פ | p} ‘section break’ signifies a thematic shift from description to command. |