| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with consecutive verbal-perfect forms in Hifil and Piel—veheveti {וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י | wə-hē-ḇē-ṯî} ‘and I will bring,’ utsreftim {וּצְרַפְתִּים֙ | u-ṣə-rap̄-tîm} ‘and I will refine them,’ and uvekhantim {וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים | u-ḇə-ḥan-tîm} ‘and I will test them’—emphasizing divine refining of the remnant. The ordinal hashlishit {הַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ | ha-šə-lî-šît} ‘the third part’ identifies the faithful plurality. Fire imagery in ba-esh {בָּאֵ֔שׁ | bā-ʾêš} ‘through the fire’ with kitzrof {כִּצְרֹף | ki-ṣrōp̄} ‘as one refines’ and ha-keseph {הַכֶּסֶף | ha-ké-sep̄} ‘the silver,’ alongside kivchon {כִּבְחֹן | ki-ḇ-ḥôn} ‘like testing’ and ha-zahav {הַזָּהָב | ha-zā-hāv} ‘the gold,’ underscores purification. The narrative shifts to covenant invocation in yiqra bishmi {יִקְרָא בִשְׁמִי | yiq-rāʾ biš-mî} ‘he will call on My name’ and wa-ani eneh oto {וַֽאֲנִי אֶעֱנֶה אֹת֔וֹ | wa-ʾă-nî ʾe-ʿe-neh ʾō-ṯō} ‘and I will answer him.’ The reciprocal declarations in amarti ammi hu {אָמַ֙רְתִּי עַמִּי ה֔וּא | ʾā-mar-tî ʿam-mî hû} ‘I will say, “He is my people,”’ and wehu yomar Yahweh Elohai {וְה֥וּא יֹאמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי | wə-hû yō-mar Yə-hō-wāh ʾe-lō-hāy} ‘and he will say, “The LORD is my God,”’ complete the covenant promise. |