| 16. Linguistic Exegesis The clause begins with the verb tipol {תִּפֹּ֨ל | ṭip-pōl} ‘it will fall’, introducing the result expressed by eimatah vafachad {אֵימָ֙תָה֙ וָפַ֔חַד | ʾê-mā-ṯāh wā-p̣a-ḥaḏ} ‘terror and dread’. The prepositional phrase bigdol zeroakha {בִּגְדֹ֥ל זְרוֹעֲךָ֖ | big-dōl ze-rō-ʿa-ḵā} ‘by greatness of Your arm’ serves as the causal basis. The imperfect yidmu {יִדְּמ֣וּ | yid-də-mû} ‘they will be still’ with kaaven {כָּאָ֑בֶן | kā-ʾā-ḇen} ‘like a stone’ forms a manner clause. The paired ad-yaavor … ad-yaavor {עַד־יַעֲבֹ֤ר … עַֽד־יַעֲבֹ֖ר | ʿad-ya-ʿa-vōr} creates parallelism, contrasting ammekha {עַמְּךָ֙ | ʿam-me-ḵā} ‘Your people’ with amzu {עַם־ז֥וּ | ʿam-zû} ‘this people’, underscoring divine election. The perfect qanita {קָנִֽיתָ | qā-nî-ṯā} ‘you have acquired’ indicates completed divine possession. |