| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the emphatic pairing of the Hiphil infinitive absolute ha’anek {הַעֲנֵיק | hă‛ănēq} ‘surely supply’ and the Hiphil imperfect ta’anek {תַּעֲנִיק | tă‛ănîq} ‘you shall supply’, intensifying the command. Three distributive prepositional phrases—miṣōnəḵā {מִצֹּאנְךָ | miṣōnəḵā} ‘from your flock’, ūmiggārnəḵā {וּמִגָּרְנְךָ | ū·mig·gār·nəḵā} ‘and from your threshing floor’, ūmiyikbəḵā {וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ | ū·miy·yik·bəḵā} ‘and from your winepress’—are linked by vav conjunctions to form a measured list. The relative pronoun ʼăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšer} ‘that/which’ introduces the clause of source, followed by the Piel perfect bēraḵəḵā {בֵּרַכְךָ | bē·ra·ḵə·ḵā} ‘he has blessed you’. The construct chain Yahweh Elohekha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yəhōwāh ʼĕlōhêḵā} ‘LORD your God’ names the agent of blessing. The final verb tiṭtenlō {תִּתֶּן־לֽוֹ | tiṭ·ten·lō} ‘you shall give to him’ reiterates the imperative, preserving both distributive nuance and verbal immediacy in English. |