| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative verb vayyomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wā-yō-mer} introduces direct speech and advances the plot, with the conjunction waw creating a sequential transition. The compound subject moshe veaharon {מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן | mō-šeh wə-ʾā-ha-rōn} identifies the speakers. The prepositional phrase el kol benei yisrael {אֶל־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel kol bə-nê yiś-rā-ʾēl} uses a construct chain to emphasize covenant community. Within the quotation, the temporal noun erev {עֶ֕רֶב | ʿerev} is fronted for emphasis of timing, followed by viyedatem {וִֽידַעְתֶּם | wî-ḏaʿ-tēm}, where the perfect with waw conveys assured future knowledge. The conjunction ki {כִּ֧י | kî} introduces the content clause emphasizing divine causality. The verb hotsi {הוֹצִ֥יא | hō-ṣî-ʾa} in the Hiphil voice underscores the LORD’s causative action of deliverance, and the prepositional phrase meerets mitsrayim {מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם | mē-ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} specifies Egypt as the place of origin for the exodus. |