| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The opening vehayah {וְהָיָ֧ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will be’ signals a prophetic futurity and introduces divine action; the subject yəhōwāh {יְהוָ֛ה | Yə-hō-wāh} occurs twice for rhetorical emphasis. The prepositional lə-meleḵ {לְמֶ֖לֶךְ | lə-meleḵ} ‘as king’ frames divine sovereignty, while the phrase ʿal kol hā-ʾāreṣ {עַל־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ | ʿal kol hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘over all the earth’ heightens universality. The temporal clause bə-yōm ha-hû {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא | bə-yōm ha-hû} marks the eschatological moment. A chiastic parallel yiḥyēh yəhōwāh ʾeḥāḏ u-šə-mô ʾeḥāḏ {יִהְיֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶחָ֖ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ אֶחָֽד | yiḥyēh Yə-hō-wāh ʾeḥāḏ u-šə-mô ʾeḥāḏ} aligns God’s being with His name to emphasize divine unity. |