| 43. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the prefixed vav-conjunction linking the Qal perfect form uzkartem-sham {וּזְכַרְתֶּם־שָׁם | û-ḵ̱ar-tem-šām} ‘and you will remember there,’ establishing sequential continuity. The direct object marker et-darkhekhem {אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶם | ʾet-dar-ḵê-khem} ‘your ways’ follows, paired with we-et {וְאֵת | wə-ʾet} introducing kol-alilotekhem {כָּל־עֲלִילֹתֵיכֶם | kâl-ʿă-lî-lō-ṯê-khem} ‘all your deeds.’ The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces a causal clause nitmetem {נִטְמֵאתֶם | nit-mê-tem} ‘you became defiled’ by bam {בָּם | bām} ‘by them.’ A second vav-conjunction marks the transition to we-nikkotem {וְנִקֹּטֶם | wə-niq-qō-ṭem} ‘and you will loathe yourselves,’ focusing on internal response. The prepositional phrase bifneikhem {בִּפְנֵיכֶם | bif-nê-khem} ‘in your own sight’ intensifies self-examination, and the comprehensive clause be-kol-raotekhem asher asitem {בְּכָל־רָעֹתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם | bə-kōl-rā-ʿō-ṯê-khem ʾă-šer ʿă-sî-tem} ‘for all your evils which you have done’ closes the admonition, linking memory, defilement, and remorse. |