| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse presents a cumulative progression through a series of vav-consecutive Qal verbs—vattaʿdī {וַתַּעְדִּי | wat-taʿ-dî} ‘and you were adorned’, wattîpî {וַתִּיפִי | wat-tî-pî} ‘and you became beautiful’, and watitsləḥî {וַתִּצְלְחִי | wat-tslə-ḥî} ‘and you prospered’—interrupted by the perfect forms ʾākhaltī {אכלתי | ʾā-khal-tî} ‘I ate’ and ʾākhalt {אָכָלְתְּ | ʾā-khal-t} ‘you ate’, here used to maintain the second-person address. The paired adverbial bimeʾōd meʾōd {בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד | bi-me-ʾōd me-ʾōd} intensifies the description. The final prepositional phrase limlūkāh {לִמְלוּכָהּ | li-mlû-khāh} marks the result of elevation, conveying a shift from personal adornment to political status. |