| 30. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the Hiphil imperative hashiv {הֲשִׁב | ha-shiv} ‘cause to return,’ directing the return of the symbolic sword. The prepositional phrase el-taarah {אֶל־תַּעֲרָהּ | el-ta-ʿă-rāh} specifies its sheath as the destination. A twofold locative emphasis follows in the construct chain bemakom asher nivreet {בְּמָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר נִבְרֵאת | bə-mā-qōm a-sher niv-rē-ʾet} ‘in the place where you were created,’ paired with be-eretz mekhoratekha {בְּאֶרֶץ מְכוֹרָתֵךְ | bə-ʾe-reṣ mə-kho-rā-tē-kha} ‘in the land of your origin.’ The Qal imperfect eshpot {אֶשְׁפֹּט | ʾeš-pōṭ} ‘I will judge’ then addresses the addressee directly with the suffix otakh {אֹתָךְ | ʾō-thā-kh} ‘you.’ This Hebrew structure foregrounds place of origin and the certainty of divine judgment, preserved in English by maintaining both locative references and the layered verbal commands. |