To begin with, we are going to see how the Hebrew coordinate conjunction ו (vav) or “and,” and the lack of any of connection, which is known as “asyndeton,” work together to shape text blocks—vav and asyndeton. Picture with me a chain—a chain that has a clear beginning and a clear end and between it are multiple links. In biblical Hebrew, the coordinator, or linker, is the conjunction vav. This connector links units of equal syntactic value, creating chains of phrases, chains of clauses, chains of