| 27. Linguistic Exegesis The verse exhibits stichic parallelism, pairing hod {הוֹד | hōd} ‘splendor’ with ve-hadar {וְהָדָר | wəhādār} ‘majesty’, and oz {עֹז | ʿōz} with ve-khedvah {וְחֶדְוָה | wəḥedwāh} ‘joy’. The coordinated vav-conjunctions accumulate each attribute. Prepositional constructs lefanav {לְפָנָיו | ləpānāw} ‘before Him’ and bimkomo {בִּמְקֹמֽוֹ | bəmqômô} ‘in His place’ establish spatial orientation toward the divine. The Hebrew clause is verbless, requiring the insertion of “are” in English to express existence. This chiastic arrangement underscores both the nearness of God and the sanctity of His abode. |