| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the interrogative halo {הֲלֹא | hă-lōʾ} introducing a rhetorical question. The coordinated subject hakushim wəhaluvim {הַכּוּשִׁים וְהַלּוּבִים | ha-kû-šîm wə-ha-lû-wîm} identifies opposing peoples. Sequential prepositional phrases lechayil {לְחַיִל | lə-ḥă-yîl} “for an army,” larov {לָרֹב | lā-rōḇ} “for a multitude,” lerechev {לְרֶכֶב | lə-rě-ḵêv} “for chariots,” and ulefarashim {וּלְפָרָשִׁים | ū-lə-pā-rā-šîm} “and for horsemen” build cumulative intensity. The Hiphil infinitive construct leharbeh meod {לְהַרְבֵּה מְאֹד | lə-har-bêh mə-ʾōd} underscores their great multiplication. The result clause uvehishaenkha netanam beyadekha {וּבְהִשָּׁעֶנְךָ נְתָנָם בְּיָדֶךָ | ū-və-hiš-šā-ʿēn-ḵā nə-ṯā-nām bə-ya-ḏē-ḵā} “and when you relied, He gave them into your hand” highlights divine intervention as the basis for triumph. |