| 36. Linguistic Exegesis The verse places Dauid {Δαυὶδ | Dauíd} ‘David’ as the topical subject, marked by the explanatory conjunction men gár {μὲν γὰρ | mén gár} ‘for’. The aorist participle hypēretḗsas {ὑπηρετήσας | hypēretḗsas} ‘having served’ precedes the main verb ekoimḗthē {ἐκοιμήθη | ekoimḗthē} ‘fell asleep’. The dative idíā geneâ {ἰδίᾳ γενεᾷ | idíā geneâ} ‘in his own generation’ defines the sphere of service, and the dative tē̂ tou theoû boulē {τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ βουλῇ | tē̂ tou theoû boulê} ‘purpose of God’ functions as a dative of standard emphasizing alignment with divine counsel. The narrative continues with three coordinated aorist indicatives—prosetéthē {προσετέθη | prosetéthē} ‘was added’, eîden {εἶδεν | eîden} ‘he saw’, and diaphthorán {διαφθοράν | diaphthorán} ‘decay’—describing death, burial with the fathers (pròs toús patéras autoû {πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ | pròs toús patéras autoû} ‘to his fathers’), and resulting bodily corruption. English renders the participle as a temporal clause and coordinates the aorist verbs to reflect sequence, implicitly contrasting with Christ’s incorruption later. |