| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the narrative vav consecutive at the verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vay-yō-ʾmer} ‘and he said’, which introduces direct speech. The subject Mosheh precedes the prepositional address el-Yahweh {אֶל־יְהוָה | ʾel-Yəhôwāh} ‘to the LORD’, highlighting the addressee. The clause ve-sham’u {וְשָׁמְעוּ | wə-šā-mə-ʿû} ‘and they will hear’ uses a perfect form with future sense in narrative context. The coordinating conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî-} ‘for’ links this outcome to the causative verb form he’elita {הֶעֱלִ֧יתָ | he-ʿə-lî-tā} ‘You brought up’. The instrumental phrase be-kochacha {בְּכֹחֲךָ | bə-ḵô-ḥa-ḵā} ‘by Your power’ underscores divine agency, while et regulates the object ha’am hazzeh {הָעָם הַזֶּה | hā-ʿām haz-zeh} ‘this people’ and mi-kerbo {מִקִּרְבּוֹ | mi-qər-bô} ‘from among them’ specifies the source. The sequence, where cause immediately follows expectation, mirrors Hebrew narrative style and emphasizes the immediacy of divine deliverance. |