| 7. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs parallel negations with the imperfect verbs yipresu {יִפְרְסוּ | yip-rə-sū} ‘they will break bread’ and yashku {יַשְׁק֤וּ | yaš-qū} ‘they will give to drink’, each introduced by the negative particle ve-lo {וְלֹֽא־ | wə-lō} to signal the cessation of traditional mourning rites. The phrases al-evel {עַל־אֵ֖בֶל | ʿal-ʾê-ḇel} ‘at mourning’ and al-met {עַל־מֵ֑ת | ʿal-mēt} ‘for the dead’ frame the funeral context, while the construct chain aviv ve-al imo {אָבִ֖יו וְעַל־אִמּֽוֹ | ʾā-ḇîw wə-ʿal im-mō} ‘his father and his mother’ highlights the familial loss. The noun phrase kos tanchumim {כּ֣וֹס תַּנְחוּמִ֔ים | kōs tan-ḥū-mîm} ‘cup of consolations’ functions as a symbolic ritual object. Hebrew’s balanced clauses and parallel structures intensify the sense of communal abandonment. |