| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces a reason clause. The Piel imperfect yerachem {יְרַחֵ֨ם | yə-ra-ḥêm} ‘He will have compassion’ expresses ongoing divine pity. The Vav-consecutive Qal perfect uvachar {וּבָחַ֥ר | wə-ḇā-ḥar} ‘and He will choose’, together with the adverb od {עוֹד֙ | ʿōḏ} ‘again’, indicates renewed election. The Hifil perfect vehinnicham {וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם | wə-hin-nî-ḥām} ‘and He will settle them’ uses causative voice to place Israel on aladmatam {עַל־אַדְמָתָ֑ם | ʿal-ʾad-mā-tām} ‘their land’. Parallel Nifal forms venillivah {וְנִלְוָ֤ה | wə-nil-lə-wā} ‘and He will join Himself’ and venispechu {וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ | wə-nis-pə-ḥû} ‘and they will be joined’ depict inclusion of the sojourner hager {הַגֵּר֙ | ha-ḡēr} ‘resident foreigner’. The construct al-beth Yaʿaqov {עַל־בֵּ֥ית יַעֲקֹב | ʿal-bêṯ Yaʿă-qōv} ‘on the house of Jacob’ underscores corporate unity. The translation shifts from Hebrew VSO order to English SVO while preserving the sequence of divine actions. |