| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with ve-hamelekh {וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | wə-ham-me-lekh} ‘and the king’, identifying David as the subject. The verb shamaʿ {שָׁמַ֕ע | šā-maʿ} ‘heard’ takes ʾēṯ {אֵ֥ת | ʾēṯ} as the direct object marker for the summary phrase kol ha-devarim ha-eleh {כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵ֑לֶּה | kol-ha-d-de-vā-rîm hā-ʾê-lēh} ‘all these things’. The narrative continues with vayikhar {וַיִּ֥חַר | way-yi-ḥar} ‘and it was kindled’, where the vav-consecutive prefix signals sequential progression, and the Qal imperfect form conveys an inceptive emotional state. The suffix lo {ל֖וֹ | lōw} ‘to him’ marks David as the experiencer, and the adverb meʾōd {מְאֹֽד | mə-ʾōd} ‘greatly’ intensifies the emotion. The Hebrew idiom ‘and it was kindled to him greatly’ is rendered as ‘he became very angry’ to capture both onset and intensity. |