| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The clause opens with the narrative wayyiqtol vayyedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | wayyədabbēr} ‘and He spoke’, pushing the storyline forward with a new divine action. The explicit subject Yahweh {יְהוָה֙ | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ places the initiative with Israel’s God, and the prepositional unit el-gad {אֶל־גָּ֔ד | ʾel-gāḏ} ‘to Gad’ identifies the recipient of the revelation. The appositional phrase chozeh david {חֹזֵ֥ה דָוִ֖יד | ḥōzeh dāwīd} ‘seer of David’ is a construct relationship that defines Gad’s official role in relation to the king, clarifying why the message comes through him. The final leemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lēʾmōr} ‘saying’ functions as a speech introducer, signaling that the content of the LORD’s words follows immediately in the next verse. |