| 21. Linguistic Exegesis hishamer {הִשָּׁמֶר | hiššāmer} ‘watch yourself’ introduces a Niphal imperative direct warning. The prepositional mipanav {מִפָּנָיו | mippānāw} ‘from his presence’ sets the relational focus, paralleled by ushma {וּשְׁמַע | u-šmāʿ} ‘listen’ with bekolo {בְּקֹלֹו | bə-qōlô} ‘to his voice’, intensifying attentive obedience. The Piel prohibition al-tammer {אַל־תַּמֵּר | ʾal-tammēr} ‘do not rebel’ with bo {בּוֹ | bô} ‘in him’ contrasts with the apodotic imperfect yissa {יִשָּׂא | yissāʾ} ‘he will bear’, framed by the first ki {כִּי | kî} and le-fishakhem {לְפִשְׁעֲכֶם | lə-p̄išʿāḵēm} ‘for your rebellion’, articulating consequence. The second ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the verbless clause shemi bekirbo {שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ | šēmî bē-qirbô} ‘My Name is within him’, underscoring divine indwelling. Parataxis is mirrored in English punctuation to preserve clause relationships and theological emphasis. |