| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with vehayah {וְהָיָ֞ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it shall be’ functioning as a vav-consecutive perfect that introduces a protasis. This is followed by ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} ‘when,’ which marks a temporal subordinate clause whose verb is yeviy’akha {יְבִֽאֲךָ֤ | yə-vî-ʾă-ḵā} ‘he brings you’ in the Hiphil imperfect. The explicit subject Yahweh {יְהוָה֙ | Yəhōwāh} ‘LORD’ emphasizes divine initiative. The prepositional phrase el erets haKena‘ani {אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י | ʾel ʾe-reṣ ha-qə-na-ʿa-nî} ‘into the land of the Canaanite’ specifies the promised territory. The connector ka’asher {כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | ka-ʾă-šer} ‘just as’ introduces the relative clause containing nishba‘ {נִשְׁבַּ֥ע | niš-baʿ} ‘he swore’ in the Nifal perfect, which recalls the earlier divine oath. The apodosis is completed by unetanah lakh {וּנְתָנָ֖הּ לָֽךְ | wə-nə-tā-nāh lā-ḵā} ‘and He gives it to you.’ The use of the vav-consecutive sequence underlines the progression of divine actions within a covenantal legal formula. |