| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because,’ framing an explanatory clause. The verb keshartem {קְשַׁרְתֶּם | qəšartem} in the Qal perfect second person masculine plural marks a completed collective action. A negative existential construction ve’eyn {וְאֵין | wəʾên} plus the Piel participle goleh {גֹּלֶה | gōlē} ‘revealing’ expresses “no one reveals,” a common Hebrew pattern (participle + ein). The infinitive bikhrat {בִּכְרָת | bi-kərāṯ} ‘in making a covenant’ introduces the relationship between the speaker’s son and Jesse’s son. Repetition with choleh {חֹלֶה | ḥōlē} ‘concerned’ and ve’goleh et ozni highlights emotional absence and confidentiality. The Hiphil hekim {הֵקִים | hēqîm} ‘has incited’ with the infinitive le’orev {לְאֹרֵב | lə’ōrēḇ} ‘to lie in ambush,’ culminating in kayom hazeh {כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה | ka-yôm hazzeh} ‘as on this day,’ underscores the immediacy of the threat. |