| 30. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’, introducing a causal clause. The prepositional phrase ve-kha {בְּכָה | bə-ḵā} ‘by you’ marks God as the enabling agent. The verb ’ā-rûṣ {אָרוּץ | ’ā-rûṣ} ‘I run’ in the imperfect indicates potential or habitual action, taking ḡə-ḏûḏ {גְּדוּד | ḡə-ḏûḏ} ‘troop’ as its direct object. Parallel to this, bē-’ĕ-lō-hāy {בֵּאֱלֹהַי | bē-’ĕ-lō-hāy} ‘by my God’ repeats the prepositional formula to reinforce divine agency. The verb ’ă-dal-leḡ {אֲדַלֶּג | ’ă-dal-leḡ} ‘I leap over’, formed in the intensive stem, emphasizes extraordinary motion toward šūr {שׁוּר | šūr} ‘wall’, denoting a fortified barrier. The repeated pattern of preposition + verb + object in both clauses creates a chiastic parallelism that underscores twofold divine empowerment. |