“He Shall Be Your Mouth”: Syntax of Mediation and Divine Authority in Exodus 4:16
וְדִבֶּר־ה֥וּא לְךָ֖ אֶל־הָעָ֑ם וְהָ֤יָה הוּא֙ יִֽהְיֶה־לְּךָ֣ לְפֶ֔ה וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶה־לֹּ֥ו לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃ (Exodus 4:16) And he shall speak for you to the people; and it shall be that he will be as a mouth for you, and you shall be as God to him. Delegated Speech and Theological Role Inversion Exodus 4:16 is part of YHWH’s response…