| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is built as a coordinated sequence introduced by vegam {וְגַ֧ם | wəgam} ‘and also’, adding a further element to the prior divine forecast. The fronted object et-haggoy {אֶת־הַגּ֛וֹי | ʾet-haggôy} ‘the nation’ is marked with ʾet and then specified by the restrictive relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾăšer} + yaavodu {יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ | yaʿăḇōdû} ‘that they will serve’, identifying the nation by Israel’s future servitude. The predicate dan {דָּ֣ן | dān} ‘(one) judging / will judge’ is followed by the explicit subject anokhi {אָנֹ֑כִי | ʾānōkhi} ‘I’, a participle-plus-pronoun pattern that heightens emphasis on the Speaker’s personal action: He Himself will render judgment. The temporal connector ve'acharei-khen {וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֥ן | wə-ʾaḥărê-kēn} ‘and after that’ introduces the resulting deliverance, expressed by yetse'u {יֵצְא֖וּ | yēṣəʾû} ‘they will go out’. The final prepositional phrase birkush {בִּרְכֻ֥שׁ | birḵūš} ‘with property’ modified by gadol {גָּדֽוֹל | gādôl} ‘great’ depicts not only liberation but also substantial material outcome. English renders the Hebrew parataxis with coordinated clauses and preserves the forward-moving sequence from oppression, to divine judgment, to release with resources. |