| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive wayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, introducing Isaiah {יְשַׁעְיָהוּ | yəšəʻyāhû} as speaker. The demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zeh} ‘this’ with the prepositional phrase lekha {לְּךָ | ləḵā} ‘to you’ specifies the recipient. The preposition mêʼēt Yahweh {מֵאֵת יְהוָה | mêʾēt Yə-hō-wāh} ‘from the LORD’ marks divine origin. The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the clause in which Yahweh yaʻăśeh {יַעֲשֶׂה | yaʻăśeh} ‘the LORD will do’ pairs with haddāḇār {הַדָּבָר | haddāḇār} ‘the thing’ affirmed by the perfect dibbēr {דִּבֵּר | dibbēr} ‘he has spoken’. The concluding conditional poses the motion of haṣṣēל {הַצֵּל | haṣṣēל} ‘shadow’ moving ʻaśer ma‘ăלֹת {עֶשֶׂר מַעֲל֔וֹת | ʻēser ma‘ăלōṯ} ‘ten steps’, underscoring the certainty of God’s promise through vivid imagery. |