is a nominal clause providing circumstantial information with the nuance of addition.9 Naomi went out from the place where she was, but under the circumstance of her daughters-in-law being with her. The vav is not a vav of accompaniment as before because the prepositional phrase at the end of the clause makes this a verbless clause on its own terms. “Naomi went out … and the two of her daughters-in-law were with her.” In this verbless clause, the verb “were” must be supplied. וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ
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