| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the causal formula lakhen {לָכֵן | lā-ḵēn} ‘therefore’ and the prophetic proclamation koh-a-mar {כֹּה־אָמַר | kō-ʾā-mar} ‘thus said’, establishing authoritative speech. The compound divine title Adonai Yahweh {אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} conveys both sovereign mastery and covenant faithfulness. The coordinating conjunction yaʿan {יַעַן | ya-ʿan} introduces two parallel causal clauses, underscoring repeated culpability. The Hifil infinitive construct hazkir-khem {הַזְכֲִּרְכֶם | haz-kir-khem} ‘your making remembered’ contrasts with the Niphal infinitive construct hizzāker-khem {הִזָּכֵרְכֶם | hiz-zā-ker-khem} ‘your being remembered’, highlighting active and passive aspects of divine remembrance. The sequence of guilt terms ʿavôn-khem (iniquity), pishʿê-khem (transgressions), ḥattôtê-khem (sins), and alilôtê-khem (deeds) reinforces the scope of wrongdoing. The climactic idiom bə-kaf til-lākheḏū {בְּכַף תִּלָּכֵדוּ | bə-kaf ti-la-khe-du} ‘you will be seized by the hand’ employs a passive impersonal construction to depict imminent judgment. |