| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The wayyiqtol vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will be’ introduces a prophetic future event. The temporal phrase bayom hahu {בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא | ba-yôm ha-hū} ‘on that day’ frames the eschatological setting. The construct mehumat-Yahweh rabbah {מְהוּמַת־יְהוָה רַבָּה | mə-hû-mat Yə-hō-wāh rab-bāh} ‘tumult of the LORD, great’ attributes the disturbance to divine agency. The coordinated clauses wehecheziku ish yad reʿehu {וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ אִישׁ יַד רֵעֵהוּ | wə-he-ḥĕ-zî-qû ʾîš yād rē-ʿê-hû} ‘and they will seize the hand of a neighbor’ and vealatah yado al yad reʿehu {וְעָלְתָה יָד֖וֹ עַל־יַד רֵעֵהוּ | wə-ʿāl-tāh ya-dô ʿal yād rē-ʿê-hû} ‘and a hand will arise against another’ depict reciprocal aggression highlighting social collapse. |