| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the instruction wenastem {וְנַסְתֶּ֣ם | wə-nas-tem} ‘and you will flee,’ introducing the refuge geiharai {גֵּֽיא־הָרַ֗י | gē-ḥā-rāy} ‘valley of my mountains.’ The causal clause kiyaggia {כִּֽי־יַגִּ֣יעַ | kî-yag-gî-ʿa} ‘for it will reach’ modifies geiharim {גֵּי־הָרִים֮ | gē-hā-rîm} ‘valley of the mountains,’ emphasizing urgency. The parallelism wenastem kaasher nastem {וְנַסְתֶּ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר נַסְתֶּם֙ | wə-nas-tem ka-ʾă-šer nās-tem} ‘you will flee as you fled’ recalls minpnei haraash {מִפְּנֵ֣י הָרַ֔עַשׁ | min-pə-nêy hā-ra-ʿaš} ‘from before the earthquake,’ creating a historical typology linked to Uzziah’s reign (bimei uzziah melekyehudah). The vav-consecutive uva {וּבָא֙ | ū-vā} ‘and he will come’ transitions to the climactic vision of divine arrival. The compound designation Yahweh elohai {יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֔י | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hāy} marks the Lord’s visitation accompanied by kolkedoshim immakh {כָּל־קְדֹשִׁ֖ים עִמָּֽךְ | kôl-qə-dō-šîm im-māḵ}. |