| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with ūmi {וּמִי֙ | û-mî} ‘and who’, posing a rhetorical question of exclusivity. The comparative kə‘amməḵâ yiś-rā’ēl {כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | kə-‘ammə-ḵâ yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘like Your people Israel’ stresses unique election. The phrase gôy ’eḥāḏ bā-’ā-reṣ {גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ | gôy ’e-ḥā-ḏ bā-’ā-reṣ} ‘one nation on earth’ uses a numeral adjective in construct to underscore singular status. A relative clause begins with ’ăšer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm {אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים | ’ă-šer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘whom the God went’, followed by the infinitive liṯ-pə-ḏōṯ {לִפְדּ֧וֹת | liṯ-pə-ḏō-ṯ} ‘to redeem’ and lōw ʿām {לוֹ עָם | lōw ʿām} ‘for Himself a people’, attributing divine initiative. The complementary infinitive lā-śūm lə-ḵâ šēm {לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם | lā-śūm lə-ḵâ šēm} ‘to make for You a name’ expresses purpose, while the merism gĕ-dû-lō-ṯ wə-nō-rā-’ōṯ {גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת | gĕ-dû-lō-ṯ wə-nō-rā-’ōṯ} ‘great and awesome deeds’ emphasizes divine power. The Piel infinitive lə-ḡā-reš {לְגָרֵ֗שׁ | lə-ḡā-reš} ‘to drive out’ introduces expulsion, and mippə-nê ʿam-mə-ḵâ {מִפְּנֵ֧י עַמְּךָ֛ | mippə-nê ʿam-mə-ḵâ} ‘from before Your people’ indicates spatial relation. The final relative clause ’ă-šer-pā-ḏî-ṯā mimmîṣ-rā-yim gô-yîm {אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֥יתָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם גּוֹיִֽם׃ | ’ă-šer-pā-ḏî-ṯā mimmîṣ-rā-yim gô-yîm} ‘whom You redeemed from Egypt, nations’ frames Israel’s singular redemption and God’s renown. |