| 2. Linguistic Exegesis The clause baet hahi {בָּעֵת הַהִיא | bāʿēt hāhî} ‘at that time’ sets the narrative background, while dibber {דִּבֶּר | dib-bēr} ‘he spoke’ introduces direct divine speech. The instrumental phrase beyad yeshayahu {בְּיַד יְשַׁעְיָהוּ | bə-yad Yəša‘yāhû} ‘through Isaiah’ expresses prophetic mediation. The infinitive construct leemor {לֵאמֹר | lēʾēmôr} signals the forthcoming divine command, which unfolds through a series of imperatives—lekh {לֵךְ | lēk}, upitachta {וּפִתַּחְתָּ | û-pi-ttaḥ-tā}, tahalotz {תַּחֲלֹץ | taḥălōṣ}—emphasizing each ritual action. Construct chains ben-amots {בֶן־אָמוֹץ | ben-ʾāmōṣ}, motneykha {מָתְנֶיךָ | mətənēy-kā}, and ragleykha {רַגְלֶיךָ | raglāy-kā} maintain tight linkage between identity and embodied instructions. The closing narrative sequence vayyaas ken halokh arom veyachef {וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן הָלֹךְ עָרֹם וְיָחֵף | way-yaʿaś kên hā-lōkh ʿārōm wə-yā-ḥēph} is rendered as SVO—“And he did so, walking naked and barefoot”—to preserve clarity and chronological flow. |