| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with ve-hu {וְה֕וּא | wə-hūʾ} ‘and he’, a conjunctive pronoun shifting focus to the son’s conduct. The clause et-kol-elleh lo asah {אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֑ה | ʾet-kôl-ʾēl-leh lōʾ ʿā-śāh} ‘he did none of all these’ employs summary negation to contrast his behavior with earlier expectations. The adversative ki gam {כִּ֣י גַ֤ם | kî gam} ‘for even’ marks the transition to transgressive actions. The phrase el-heharim {אֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ | ʾel-hă-hā-rîm} ‘on the mountains’ indicates illicit cultic feasting, and the clause ve-et-eshet reehu timme {וְאֶת־אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ טִמֵּֽא | wə-ʾet-ʾē-šeṯ rē-ʿē-hû tim-mēʾ} ‘and he defiled his neighbor’s wife’ uses the emphatic Piel to underscore the severity of adultery. |