| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with lakhen {לָכֵן | lā-ḵēn} ‘therefore’, marking a consequence. The introductory formula koh amar {כֹּה אָמַר | kōh ʾā-mar} ‘thus says’ frames the prophetic oracle, followed by the compound title Adonai Yahweh {אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh}, asserting divine authority. The conjunction yaan {יַעַן | ya-ʿan} ‘because’ introduces the reason clause dabberkhem {דַּבֶּרְכֶם | dab-běr-ḵem} ‘you spoke’ shav {שָׁוְא | šāv} ‘falsehood’ and va-chazitem {וַחֲזִיתֶם | wa-ḥă-zî-tēm} ‘and you have seen’ kazav {כָּזָב | kā-zāḇ} ‘lies’. The repeated lakhen {לָכֵן | lā-ḵēn} ‘therefore’ signals judgment, while the emphatic hineni {הִנְנִי | hin-nē-nî} ‘behold, I’ shifts to direct divine action against aleikhem {אֲלֵיכֶם | ʾă-lê-ḵem} ‘you’. The closing neum {נְאֻם | nə-ʾūm} ‘declaration’ designates the oracle’s authority. The Hebrew VSO order is rendered in English as SVO, preserving causal and emphatic structures. |