| 25. Linguistic Exegesis The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for, because’ introduces a causal clause of praise. The adjective gadol {גָד֨וֹל | gā-dôl} ‘great’ forms a verbless clause with the divine name Yahweh {יְהוָ֤ה | Yə-hō-wāh}, emphasizing magnitude. The phrase u-mehullal meod {וּמְהֻלָּל֙ מְאֹ֔ד | u-mə-ḥul-lāl mə-ʾō-ḏ} uses a Pual passive participle plus adverb for an intensified honorific expression. The conjunctive participle ve-nora {וְנוֹרָ֥א | wə-nō-rāʼ} ‘and awesome’ introduces a parallel attribute. The pronoun hu {ה֖וּא | hūʼ} resumes the subject for emphasis. Finally, the comparative prepositional phrase al kol elohim {עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים | ʿal kol ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘above all gods’ completes the parallelism, asserting supremacy in a two-clause structure. |