Sudden Descent: The Syntax of Surprise and Overthrow in Joshua 11:7
וַיָּבֹ֣א יְהֹושֻׁ֡עַ וְכָל־עַם֩ הַמִּלְחָמָ֨ה עִמֹּ֧ו עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם עַל־מֵ֥י מֵרֹ֖ום פִּתְאֹ֑ם וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ בָּהֶֽם׃ (Joshua 11:7) And Yehoshua came, and all the people of the war with him, against them at the waters of Mērom, suddenly, and they fell upon them. Methodological Orientation This study analyzes the verse through Biblical Hebrew narrative syntax and discourse pragmatics, focusing on…