| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with ve-atta {וְאַתָּה | wə-ʾattâ} ‘and you’, using the conjunction to link this line to the prior pronouncement while placing direct address (“you”) in the foreground. The prepositional phrase ba-cholayim rabim {בָּחֳלָיִם רַבִּים | bā-ḥălāyim rabbîm} ‘in many diseases’ sets the sphere of suffering and intensifies it with the attributive adjective “many.” This is followed by be-machale me-ekha {בְּמַחֲלֵה מֵעֶיךָ | bə-maḥălê mē-ʿêkā} ‘in a sickness from your inward parts,’ where the construct noun “sickness” is specified by the source/location “from your inward parts,” narrowing the judgment to an internal bodily affliction. The clause introduced by ad {עַד | ʿad} ‘until’ marks an endpoint: yetsu {יֵצְאוּ | yēṣʾû} ‘they come out’ is an imperfect form portraying the outcome as it unfolds toward a grim culmination, reinforced by the repeated phrase me-ekha {מֵעֶיךָ | mē-ʿêkā} ‘from your inward parts.’ The prepositional phrase min-ha-choli {מִן־הַחֹלִי | min-haḥōlî} ‘from the disease’ gives the causal source of the expulsion. The closing idiom yamim al-yamim {יָמִים עַל־יָמִים | yāmîm ʿal-yāmîm} ‘days upon days’ functions adverbially to stress ongoing duration, naturally rendered as “day after day.” |