| 17. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for, because’, introducing the reason clause. The subject phrase einai {עֵינַי | ʿê-nāy} ‘my eyes’ employs a first person singular suffix to emphasize divine perception. The prepositional construct al-kol-darkheihem {עַל־כָּל־דַּרְכֵיהֶם | ʿal-kol-dar-kê-hem} ‘upon all their ways’ uses maqqef-linked construct chains to convey total scope of human conduct. Two parallel negative clauses with Niphal perfect verbs nisteru {נִסְתְּרוּ | nis-te-rū} ‘they are hidden’ and wə-lōʾ-nits-pan {וְלֹא־נִצְפַּן | wə-lōʾ-nits-pan} ‘and not concealed’ assert divine vigilance. The final phrase ʿă-wō-nām min-ne-ged ʿê-nāy {עֲוֺנָם מִנֶּגֶד עֵינַי | ʿă-wō-nām min-ne-ged ʿê-nāy} ‘their iniquity from in front of my eyes’ reinforces that nothing escapes divine sight. English rendering restores natural subject-verb-object order, preserves passive nuance, and reflects Hebrew parallelism. |