הִנֵּ֤ה בָאָה֙ וְנִֽהְיָ֔תָה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה ה֥וּא הַיֹּ֖ום אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃
Behold, it has come and it has happened,” declares the Lord YHWH; “this is the day of which I have spoken.
Morphology
- הִנֵּה (hinneh) – Root: הנה (hinneh); Form: Interjection; Translation: “behold”; Notes: Introduces a declaration emphasizing immediacy and fulfillment of prophecy.
- בָאָה (bāʾāh) – Root: בוא (bōʾ); Form: Qal perfect 3fs; Translation: “it has come”; Notes: Refers to the arrival of the prophesied event; feminine agreeing with “day.”
- וְנִהְיָתָה (ve-nihyetāh) – Root: היה (hāyāh); Form: Conjunction וְ + Niphal perfect 3fs; Translation: “and it has happened”; Notes: Niphal passive-reflexive; expresses the completion of the event foretold by YHWH.
- נְאֻם (neʾum) – Root: נאם (nāʾam); Form: Noun masculine singular absolute; Translation: “utterance” / “declaration”; Notes: Technical prophetic term introducing a divine oracle.
- אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonāy) – Root: אדן (ʾādan); Form: Plural of majesty with possessive sense “my Lord”; Translation: “Lord”; Notes: Title of divine authority preceding the divine name.
- יְהוִה (YHWH) – Root: הוה (havāh); Form: Proper divine name; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The covenantal name of the self-existent God of Yisraʾel.
- הוּא (hūʾ) – Root: —; Form: Independent pronoun 3ms; Translation: “this” / “it is”; Notes: Demonstrative pronoun functioning emphatically—identifying the day that has arrived.
- הַיֹּום (ha-yōm) – Root: יום (yōm); Form: Definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “the day”; Notes: Refers to the prophesied day of divine judgment or fulfillment.
- אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher) – Root: —; Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “which” / “that”; Notes: Introduces a relative clause referring to YHWH’s previous declarations.
- דִּבַּרְתִּי (dibbartī) – Root: דבר (dābar); Form: Piel perfect 1cs; Translation: “I have spoken”; Notes: Piel denotes authoritative divine speech; the prophecy has now reached its fulfillment.