| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The verse consists of a series of coordinated promise clauses beginning with vehifreti {וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י | wə-hiprētî} ‘and I will make fruitful’ and continuing with unetatikhah {וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ | ūnə-ṯattî-ḵā} ‘and I will give you’, both employing the weqatal verb form to convey resolved future divine action. The direct object otkha {אֹתְךָ | ʾō-ṯə-ḵā} places Abraham at the center of the promise. The reduplicated intensity markers bimeod {בִּמְאֹד | biməʾōḏ} ‘very’ + meod {מְאֹד | məʾōḏ} ‘very’ amplify the scope of fruitfulness. The phrase legoyim {לְגוֹיִם | lə-gô-yim} expresses result (‘into nations’) rather than mere direction. The final clause introduces umelakhim {וּמְלָכִ֖ים | u-mə-lā-kîm} ‘and kings’ as a new subject, with yetseu {יֵצֵֽאוּ | yē-ṣē-ʾû} ‘they will come out’ indicating future emergence from Abraham’s line, as specified by mimekha {מִמְּךָ | mim-mə-ḵā} ‘from you’. |