| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav-consecutive form va’ehyeh {וָאֶהְיֶה | wəʾeh-yēh} ‘and I have been’, marking a shift to divine narrative action, followed by immekha {עִמְּךָ | ʿim-mə-ḵā} ‘with you’, expressing accompaniment. The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ attaches to halakhta {הָלַכְתָּ | hâ-laḵ-tā} ‘you have gone’, defining the scope of presence. A second vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect va’akrit {וָאַכְרִית | wə-ʾaḥ-rîṯ} ‘and I have cut off’ asserts past divine victory, with et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marking kol oyvekha {כָּל־אוֹיְבֶיךָ | kol-ʾoy-vê-kha} ‘all your enemies’ as direct object. The final clause uses the vav-consecutive Qal perfect ve’asiti {וְעָשִׂיתִי | wə-ʿā-sî-tî} ‘and I will make’ to introduce a future promise, with ke-shem {כְּשֵׁם | ke-shem} ‘like’ forming a comparative construct with shem ha-ged-o-lîm {שֵׁם הַגְּדוֹלִים | shem ha-ged-o-lîm} ‘the name of the great ones’ and the locative ba-aretz {בָּאָרֶץ׃ | bā-’ā-reṣ} ‘in the land’, emphasizing the extent of promised honor. |