| 22. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with ve-qam-ti {וְקַמְתִּי | vĕ-qam-tî} ‘and I will rise up’, where the prefixed vav consecutive signals a prophetic declaration. The prepositional phrase ʿă-lê-hem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hêm} ‘against them’ specifies the target of divine action. The oracle formula nə-ʾûm Yahweh ṣə-vā-ʾôt {נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת | nə-ʾûm Yə-hō-wāh ṣə-vā-ʾôt} ‘oracle of the LORD of hosts’ introduces and concludes the pronouncement, framing its two-part structure. A second vav-consecutive verb vĕ-hik-rā-tî {וְהִכְרַתִּי | vĕ-hik-rā-tî} ‘and I will cut off’ follows, with lə-bā-vel {לְבָבֶל | lə-bā-vel} ‘from Babylon’ marking the source locus. The coordinated list šēm, ū-šə-ʾār, vĕ-nîn, wā-nə-kheḏ {שֵׁם וּשְׁאָר וְנִין וָנֶכֶד | šēm ū-šə-ʾār vĕ-nîn wā-nə-kheḏ} ‘name, remnant, descendant, posterity’ employs cumulative parallelism to emphasize total erasure. By preserving the sequence of “declares/says” and the ordered noun series, the English rendering maintains the Hebrew’s formal intensity and prophetic rhythm. |