| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs a sequence of waw-consecutive verbs with vesamti {וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י | vǝśamtî} ‘and I will set’ followed by the emphatic pronoun ani {אֲנִ֧י | ʾănî}, highlighting divine agency. The idiom pānāy {פָּנַי | pānāy} ‘my face’ functions as a metaphor for divine presence and hostility toward the offender. The parallel prepositional phrases bā-ʾîš {בָּאִישׁ | bā-ʾîš} and û-wə-mišpāḥtô {וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ | û-wə-mišpāḥtô} specify both individual and family accountability. The Hifil perfect wə-hikrattî {וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י | wə-hikrattî} ‘and I will cut off’ is a covenantal legal formula indicating exclusion or death. The participle ha-zōnim {הַזֹּנִ֣ים | ha-zōnim} combined with the infinitive liznôt {לִזְנוֹת | liznôt} expresses ongoing pursuit of cultic prostitution to Molech, with ʾaḥărê {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê} marking direction. The phrase mi-qereb ʿammām {מִקֶּ֥רֶב עַמָּם | mi-qereb ʿammām} signals the full removal from the covenant community. The English arrangement preserves the Hebrew’s cascading judgment while enhancing readability. |