| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with Yahweh {יְהוָ֨ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ in the vocative followed by the imperative hoshiah {הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה | hō-šî-ʿāh} ‘save’, forming an urgent appeal. The noun phrase ha-melekh {הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ham-mê-lěḵ} ‘the king’ serves as the direct object. The cohortative yaʿanenu {יַעֲנֵ֥נוּ | ya-ʿă-nē-nū} ‘may He answer us’ expresses communal petition. The temporal clause beyom-qareʾenu {בְּיוֹם־קָרְאֵֽנוּ | bə-yôm-qār-ʾē-nū} uses an infinitive construct to specify “when we call.” The paratactic sequence of imperative and cohortative heightens the plea’s intensity. |