| 38. Linguistic Exegesis The vav-consecutive ushfatikh {וּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙ | û-šə-p̄aṭ-tîḵ} ‘and I will judge you’ links to the legal clause mishpetei noafot {מִשְׁפְּטֵ֣י נֹאֲפ֔וֹת | miš-pə-ṭê nōʼă-p̄ōṯ} ‘judgments of adulteresses,’ establishing the punitive standard. This is expanded by the participle veshofkhot dam {וְשֹׁפְכֹ֖ת דָּ֑ם | wə-šō-p̄ə-ḵōṯ dām} ‘and those who shed blood.’ The second vav-consecutive unetatikh {וּנְתַתִּ֕יךְ | û-nə-ṯat-tîḵ} ‘and I will give you’ introduces the consequence, with dam chemah ve-kinah {דַּ֥ם חֵמָ֖ה וְקִנְאָֽה | dām ḥê-māh wə-qin-’āh} functioning as the noun phrase ‘blood in wrath and jealousy.’ The parallel vav+verb pattern intensifies the pronouncement, shifting from legal standard to enacted judgment and underscoring divine severity. |