| 33. Linguistic Exegesis The clause begins with baderekh {בַּדֶּ֥רֶךְ | ba-dĕ-rĕḵ} ‘by the way’, followed by the relative construction asher-yavo {אֲשֶׁר־יָבֹא | ʼă-šer-yā-vō} ‘which he comes’ and the locative pronoun bah {בָּ֣הּ | bāh} ‘in it’. The verb yashuv {יָשׁוּב | yā-šūv} ‘he will return’ asserts future motion. The connector ve-el-ha-ʼîr {וְאֶל־הָעִיר | wə-ʼel-hā-ʼîr} ‘and to the city’ with hazot {הַזֹּאת | ha-zōt} ‘this’ introduces the contrasting clause, where lo yavo {לֹא יָבֹא | lōʼ yā-vō} emphasizes negation. The noun neum {נְאֻם | nə-ʼum} ‘declaration’ highlights authoritative pronouncement, finalized by Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the divine speaker. This reflects the Hebrew’s relative sequencing, emphatic negation, and covenantal declaration. |