| 17. Linguistic Exegesis The initial vav-conjunction vehayah {וְהָיָ֗ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will be’ introduces a future-prophetic clause, setting the stage for a divine proclamation. The definite Nifal participle hannimlat {הַנִּמְלָ֛ט | ha-nim-lāṭ} ‘the one who escapes’ functions as the protasis, and the prepositional phrase meḥerev {מֵחֶ֥רֶב | mē-ḥe-rev} ‘from the sword’ couples with the proper noun khazael {חֲזָאֵ֖ל | ḥă-zā-ʾēl} to specify the threat. This is followed by the Hiphil imperfect yamit {יָמִ֣ית | yā-mîṯ} ‘will put to death’ with the proper noun yehu {יֵה֑וּא | yē-hû} as subject, marking an apodosis of causation. The second clause mirrors this pattern—vehannimlat, meḥerev, yehu, yamit, elisha—creating paratactic parallelism that reinforces the certainty and scope of the judgment. |