| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive construction vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | vaṯ-ṭō-mer} introducing the direct speech clause, followed by the topic ha’ishah {הָאִשָּׁה | hā-’iš-šā(h)}. The indirect object is marked by the prepositional phrase el-elyahu {אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ | ’el-ʾē-lî-yā-hu}. The phrase attah zeh {עַתָּה זֶה | ‘attā(h) ze(h)} functions as a temporal adverbial that precedes the perfect verb yadatti {יָדַעְתִּי | yā-ḏa‘-tî}, emphasizing experiential realization. The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a verbless nominal clause with predicate nominative ish elohim {אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים | ’îš ᾿ĕ-lō-hîm}, expressing identity without an explicit copula. In the second clause, the construct ud-bar-yehovah {וּדְבַר־יְהוָה | wū-ḏə-bār-yə-hō-wā(h)} serves as the subject and emet {אֱמֶת | ᾿ĕ-meṯ} as its predicative attribute, with the locative bephikha {בְּפִיךָ | bə-p̄î-ḵā(h)} shifted in English word order for natural flow. |