| 32. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew employs ki {כִּי | kî} as a causal conjunction, followed by the infinitive absolute hāyô {הָיֹה | hāyô} plus imperfect yiḥyêh {יִהְיֶה | yiḥyêh} to express emphatic certainty. The nominal phrase had-dāḇār {הַדָּבָר | had-dāḇār} ‘the word’ functions as the subject, immediately specified by the relative clause ’ăšer qārā’ {אֲשֶׁר קָרָא | ’ăšer qārā’} ‘which he proclaimed,’ indicating prophetic utterance. The prepositional phrase biddəḇār Yahweh {בִּדְבַר יְהוָה | biddəḇār Yəhōwāh} ‘by the word of the LORD’ attributes agency to the divine name, emphasizing authoritative speech. The phrases ʿal-ham-miẓbēaḥ ’ăšer bə-bêṯ-’ĕl {עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל | ʿal-ham-miẓbēaḥ ’ăšer bə-bêṯ-’ĕl} and wə-ʿal kol-bāṯê habāmōṯ ’ăšer bə-ʿārê šomrôn {וְעַל כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר בְּעָרֵ֥י שֹׁמְרוֹן | wə-ʿal kol-bāṯê habāmōṯ ’ăšer bə-ʿārê šomrôn} identify the objects of judgment using construct chains and relative pronouns, preserving Hebrew appositional detail and covenantal causality in English. |