From Conflict to Commission: The Syntax of Crisis and Initiative in Judges 11:5
וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁר־נִלְחֲמ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמֹּ֖ון עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד לָקַ֥חַת אֶת־יִפְתָּ֖ח מֵאֶ֥רֶץ טֹֽוב׃ (Judges 11:5) And it came to pass, when the sons of ʿAmmon fought with Yisraʾel, that the elders of Gilʿad went to take Yiphtaḥ from the land of Ṭov. Methodological Orientation This study examines the verse through the lens of Biblical Hebrew syntax, clause…