| 26. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the Hifil perfect form vehetalti {וְהֵֽטַלְתִּי | wə-hē-ṭal-tî} ‘vav-consecutive future action’, which places emphasis on the ensuing divine decree. The coordinated direct objects otkha {אֹתְךָ | ʾōt-khā} ‘personal marker’ and immekha {אִמְּךָ | ʾim-me-khā} ‘maternal association’ heighten the relational intensity. The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘introducing clause’ recurs to link maternal origin and the foreign birthplace clause preceding lo-yulladtem {לֹא־יֻלַּדְתֶּם | lō-yul-lad-tem} ‘passive birth negation’. The phrase al haaretz akheret {עַל הָאָרֶץ אַחֶרֶת | ʿal hā-ʾā-reṣ ʾa-ḥe-ret} ‘forced relocation expression’ marks exile, while the repeated adverb sham {שָׁם | šām} ‘there’ coupled by vesham {וְשָׁם | wə-šām} ‘and there’ frames the inevitability of the Qal imperfect tamutu {תָּמֽוּתוּ | tā-mū-tū} ‘future death’. This construction underscores the legal and emotional weight of the exile pronouncement. |