| 28. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the prophetic command emōr {אֱמֹר | ʾemōr} ‘say,’ establishing Moses’ authoritative speech. It is immediately followed by the oath formula chai ani neum Yahweh, where chai {חַי | ḥay} ‘life’ and neum {נְאֻם | nəʾûm} ‘oracle’ underscore divine certainty. The conditional clause introduced by ka-asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | kaʾăšer} ‘just as’ links Israel’s earlier words (dibartem {דִּבַּרְתֶּם | dibbartem} ‘you have spoken’ b’ozn’ay {בְּאָזְנָ֑י | bəʾōzānay} ‘in My hearing’) to God’s corresponding action. The result clause ken e-eseh lachem employs ken {כֵּן | kēn} ‘thus’ to mirror the opening assertion, creating a judicial parallelism that highlights God’s attentive justice. |