| 45. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs parallel construct genitives, as seen in bat immekh {בַּת־אִמֵּךְ | bat-im-mēkh} ‘daughter of your mother’, establishing a familial identification that intensifies the indictment. The Qal participle goʿēlet {גֹּעֶ֥לֶת | go-ʿē-let} ‘loathing’ attributes ongoing contempt to the subject. The repetition of the second person feminine pronoun ʾat-tə {אַתְּ | ʾat-tə} underscores direct address, while the conjunction wa-ʾă-ḥôt achō-tēḵ {וַאֲח֨וֹת אֲחוֹתֵ֜ךְ | wa-ʾă-ḥôt ʾă-ḥō-tē-ḵ} ‘and sister of your sisters’ expands the charge corporately. The perfect form gāʿălû {גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ | gā-ʿă-lû} links communal action back to the individual participle. The final predicate nouns ḥit-tît {חִתִּית | ḥit-tît} ‘Hittite’ and ʾemorî {אֱמֹרִי | ʾe-mo-rî} ‘Amorite’ specify ethnic origins, highlighting spiritual lineage rather than national identity. English preserves the Hebrew’s repetitive parallelism through balanced clauses. |