| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The opening conjunction-adverb veatta {וְעַתָּה | weʿattâ} ‘and now’ signals a shift to present discourse. The emphatic hineni {הִנְנִי | hinēnî} ‘behold, I’ foregrounds the speaker, followed by the participle holekh {הוֹלֵךְ | holekh} ‘going’ marking a circumstantial clause with leami {לְעַמִּי | leʿammî} ‘to my people’ as indirect object. The imperative lekha {לְכָה | ləkāh} ‘come’ invites listener engagement, while the Hiphil cohortative iatsekha {אִיעָצְךָ | ʾîʿāṣkā} ‘let me advise you’ presents the counsel function. The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘that’ introduces the future action yaaseh {יַעֲשֶׂה | ya‘ăśeh} ‘will do’. The groups are defined by haam hazzeh {הָעָם הַזֶּה | hā·‘ām haz·zēh} ‘this people’ and leammekha {לְעַמְּךָ | lə·‘ammə·ḵā} ‘your people’. The construct beacharit hayamim {בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים | bə·’āḥǎrît hayyāmîm} ‘in the end of the days’ denotes an eschatological horizon. The translation preserves Hebrew clause order, emphasis, and the linkage between counsel and future judgment. |