| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the imperative sapru {סַפְּרוּ | să-pā-rû} ‘recount’, issuing a public command. It then employs parallel prepositional phrases—bagoyim {בַגּוֹיִם | ba-gō-yim} ‘among the nations’ and bekhol haammim {בְּכָל־הָעַמִּ֖ים | bə-khōl hā-ʿam-mîm} ‘in all the peoples’—to define the scope of proclamation. The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces kevodo {כְּבוֹד֔וֹ | kə-vô-ḏō} ‘his glory’ followed by nifleotav {נִפְלְאֹתָֽיו | nî-ple-ʾō-tāw} ‘his wondrous acts’, both in construct state with pronominal suffixes that English renders as possessives. This binary structure couples divine honor and deeds, and the Hebrew word order (verb–scope–object–scope–object) highlights the priority of the command. The English translation mirrors this with two balanced clauses joined by “and,” preserving the original parallelism and emphasis. |