| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with vechen {וְכֵן | wə-kên} ‘and so’, linking to the preceding judgment theme. The Qal imperfect verb tihyeh {תִּֽהְיֶ֜ה | tîh·yēh} introduces a future state, with maggefat {מַגֵּפַ֣ת | maggē-p̄ā(t)} as the construct subject ‘plague’. A coordinated series of nouns—hasus {הַסּ֗וּס | ha-sūs}, hapered {הַפֶּ֙רֶד֙ | hă-pĕ-rêḏ}, hagamal {הַגָּמָ֣ל | ha-gā-māl}, vehachamor {וְהַחֲמ֔וֹר | wə-ḥă-môr}, and vekolhabehemah {וְכָ֨ל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה | wə-kol-hă-bĕ-hēmāh}—details the animals affected. The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} introduces a defining clause with yihyeh {יִהְיֶ֖ה | yiḥ-yēh} ‘will be’, followed by the locative bamachanot hahemmah {בַּמַּחֲנ֣וֹת הָהֵ֑מָּה | ba-maḥ-nə-ṯ ha-hē-mā(h)} ‘in those camps’. The comparative kamaggefah hazot {כַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת | ka-maggē-p̄āh ha-zôt} closes the simile, paralleling two plagues to underscore the scope of judgment. |