| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative employs the vav consecutive in vayechazek {וַיְחַזֵּ֣ק | way-ḥaz-zēq} ‘and he strengthened’ to denote divine causation. The direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks lev {לֵ֤ב | lēḇ} as the affected object. The repeated phrase acharei bnei Yisrael u-bnei Yisrael ‘after the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel’ uses repetition to emphasize Israel’s identity. The participle yotsi’im {יֹצְאִ֖ים | yō-ṣə-ʾim} conveys continuous motion, and the idiom beyad ramah {בְּיָ֥ד רָמָֽה | bə-yāḏ rā-māh} signifies triumphant authority. English rendering adopts subject–verb order while preserving the emphasis on divine action and the people’s confident departure. |