| 10. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the construct participle medushati {מְדֻשָׁתִי | mĕḏûšāṯî} ‘my-threshed-one’ paired with the construct chain uven-garni {וּבֶן־גָּרְנִי | ūḇen-gārnî} ‘son of my-threshing-floor,’ creating a vivid vocational metaphor in direct address. The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘that’ introduces the content clause headed by shamati {שָׁמַעְתִּי | šāmaʿtî} ‘I have heard.’ The prepositional phrase me’et {מֵאֵת | mēʾēt} ‘from’ marks the divine source, followed by the compound titles Yahweh Tsevaot {יְהוָה צְבָא֛וֹת | Yəhōwāh Ṣəḇāʾōṯ} and Elohei Yisrael {אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾĕlōhêy Yiśrāʾēl} in apposition. The Hiphil perfect higgadti {הִגַּדְתִּי | hiḡădṯî} ‘I have declared’ with the object lakhem {לָכֶם | lāḵem} ‘to you’ conveys completed prophetic disclosure. This parallel structure emphasizes divine judgment and revelation as interlinked themes. |