| 10. Linguistic Exegesis The sentence opens with the temporal clause kevoʾakhem {כְּבֹאֲכֶם | kĕ-ḇō-ʾă-khem} ‘when you come,’ which leads into the main imperfect verb tāḇōʾū {תָּבֹאוּ | tā-ḇō-ʾū} ‘you will come.’ The noun phrase ʿam bōtēaḥ {עַם בֹּטֵחַ | ʿam bō-ṯē-aḥ} ‘trusting people’ uses a participial form to depict the inhabitants’ confident stance. The construct chain wə-hā-ʾā-reṣ raḥăḇat yāḏayim {וְהָאָרֶץ רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם | wə-hā-ʾā-reṣ ra-ḥă-ḇat yā-ḏā-yim} ‘and the land of broadness of hands’ conveys idiomatic imagery of spacious territory. The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal clause with the perfect verb nəṯānāh {נְתָנָהּ | nə-ṯā-nāh} ‘he has given it,’ emphasizing completed divine action. Finally, the relative clause with the existential negation ʾên {אֵין | ʾên} ‘there is not’ underscores the land’s full sufficiency. The English renderings strive to preserve the Hebrew’s temporal framing, idiomatic constructs, causal linkage, and emphatic aspect. |