| 43. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with yaʿan {יַ֗עַן | yāʿān} ‘because’ marking a causal clause. The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘that’ links to the negated perfect zakhart {זָכַרְתְּ֙ | zākhart} ‘you remembered,’ forming “because you did not remember.” The construct yeme neurayikh {יְמֵ֣י נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ | yəmê neʿûrayiḵ} ‘days of your youth’ expresses possession via construct chain. The imperfect verb vat-tirgazili {וַתִּרְגְּזִי־לִ֖י | wat-tirgəzî-lî} ‘and you raged against me’ with the first person suffix conveys hostile emotion toward God. Bekhol eleh {בְּכָל־ אֵ֑לֶּה | bəkhol ʾêlleh} ‘in all these’ indicates scope. The interjection he {הֵ֜א | hē} ‘behold’ introduces the prophetic announcement where the idiom darkekh be-rosh natatti {דַּרְכֵּךְ בְּרֹאשׁ נָתַ֗תִּי | darkêḵ bə-rōʾš nāṯattî} ‘I have set your way upon your head’ signals retributive justice. The prophetic formula neum Adonai Yahweh {נְאֻם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה | neʾûm ădōnāy yə-hō-wāh} ‘declaration of the Lord GOD’ underscores divine authority. The final clause ve-lo asiti et ha-zimmah al kol toavotayikh {וְלֹ֤א עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ | və-lō ʿāśîtî ʾet ha-zimmāh ʿal kol tôʿăḇōtāyikh} contrasts previous abominations with the added lewdness, using a negated perfect to emphasize cumulative wickedness. |