| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vayetse {וַיֵּ֨צֵא | wā-yē-ṣēʾ} ‘and it went out’, introducing the principal narrative action. The noun shem {שֵׁ֛ם | šēm} ‘renown’ serves as object with lāḵ {לָ֥ךְ | lāḵ} ‘to you’ marking the beneficiary. The prepositional phrase bagoyim {בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם | ba-gō-yim} ‘among the nations’ sets the geographic sphere. The clause beyofyekh {בְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְ | bə-yā-phyə-ḵ} ‘because of your beauty’ linked by ki {כִּ֣י | kî} ‘for’ provides causal force, further modified by the adjective kalil {כָּלִ֣יל | kā-lîl} ‘perfect’. The phrase bahadari {בַּֽהֲדָרִי֙ | ba-ha-da-rî} ‘in My splendor’ expresses instrumental source. The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ connects to the agency clause samti {שַׂמְתִּי | śam-tî} ‘I placed’ + alayikh {עָלַיִךְ | ʿā-lai-yiḵ} ‘upon you’. The formula neum Adonai Yahweh {נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה | nə-ʾum ʾă-dō-nāy Yəhōwāh} functions as a prophetic declaration. English word order adapts relative clauses and combines phrases to preserve cause, instrumentality, and emphatic divine agency. |