| 2. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav-consecutive construction vayyomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vayyōmer} ‘and he said’ introducing direct speech. The prepositional construct lekol qahal Yisrael {לְכֹ֣ל קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | lə-qōl qěhāl Yiśrāʾēl} ‘to all the assembly of Israel’ frames the audience. The conditional protasis uses the particle im {אִם־ | ʾim} in im aleikhem tov {אִם־עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם טוֹב | ʾim ʿă-lê-ḵem ṭôv} ‘if it seems good to you’. The phrase ū-min Yahweh Eloheinu {וּמִן־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ | ū-min Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hē-nū} supplies divine initiative, implicitly echoed by the Niphal perfect niprəṣāh {נִפְרְצָה֙ | niprəṣāh} ‘it springs forth’. The cohortative nišləḥāh {נִשְׁלְחָ֞ה | nišləḥāh} ‘let us send’ expresses communal intent, followed by construct-chain recipients. The final jussive wə-yikāvṣū ʾēlēnu {וְיִקָּבְצ֖וּ אֵלֵֽינוּ | wə-yikāv-ṣū ʾē-lē-nū} ‘and let them gather to us’ marks purpose. The English rendering preserves Hebrew word order and mood distinctions for nuance. |