| 7. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with uvoqer {וּבֹ֗קֶר | û-ḇōqer} ‘and morning’, functioning idiomatically as “in the morning.” The vav-consecutive ureitem {וּרְאִיתֶם֙ | û-rə-ʾî-tem} ‘and you will see’ introduces a future event whose object is marked by the direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} and rendered by the construct chain kevod Yahweh {כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה | kə-ḇō-ḏ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘glory of the LORD.’ Beshmo {בְּשָׁמְע֥וֹ | bə-šā-mə-ʿô} ‘in his hearing’ functions as an infinitive construct clause conveying causation, governing et telunoteikhem al Yahweh {אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶ֖ם עַל־יְהוָ֑ה | ʾeṯ tə-lun-nō-ṯê-khem ʿal Yə-hō-wāh} ‘your complaints against the LORD,’ where ʿal marks adversarial direction. The conjunction vav plus independent pronoun venachnu mah {וְנַ֣חְנוּ מָ֔ה | wə-naḥ-nū mā} ‘and we, what?’ forms a rhetorical question, leading into the causal clause ki telunu talinu aleinu {כִּ֥י תְּלֻנוּ תַלִּינוּ עָלֵינוּ | kî tal-lō-nū tal-lî-nū ʿā-lê-nū} ‘because you complain and complain against us,’ where the doubling of the Qal imperfect intensifies the charges. The syntax juxtaposes the theophanic revelation with Israel’s murmuring, and the final rhetorical question maintains the Hebrew word order to highlight the contrast between divine response and human complaint. |