| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces a causal clause for judgment. The construct mei Dîmôn {מֵי דִימוֹן | mê dîmôn} ‘waters of Dimon’ functions as a locative genitive. The verb mālʾû {מָלְאוּ | mā-lə-ʾû} ‘they are full’ (Qal perfect) expresses a completed state with dām {דָם | dām} ‘blood’ as its complement. The second ki {כִּי | kî} shifts to the verb ʾāšît {אָשִׁית | ʾā-šît} ‘I will set’ (Qal imperfect), indicating future divine action. The phrase ʿal Dîmôn nōsāpōṯ {עַל דִּימוֹן נוֹסָפ֑וֹת | ʿal dîmôn nō-sā-pō-ṯ} ‘upon Dimon additions’ heightens the sense of increasing judgment. Parallel prepositional phrases liphlēṭāṯ Môʾāv {לִפְלֵיטַת מוֹאָב | liph-lê-ṭāṯ mô-ʾā-v} ‘for those who escape from Moab’ and wə-lišērît ʾădāmāh {וְלִשְׁאֵרִית אֲדָמָה | wə-li-šê-rîṯ ʾă-dā-māh} ‘and for the remnant of the land’ specify the groups subject to judgment, while the noun ʾăryēh {אַרְיֵה | ʾăr-yē(h)} ‘lion’ personifies divine retribution. The Hebrew parallelism and escalation underscore the intensity of the pronouncement. |