| 7. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the participle barukh {בָּרוּךְ | bārûḵ} ‘blessed’, forming an equative clause with hagever {הַגֶּבֶר | ha-ḡe-ḇer} ‘the man’ as the subject. The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} introduces a restrictive clause governed by the Qal imperfect yivtach {יִבְטַח | yiḇ-taḥ} ‘trusts’, followed by the prepositional phrase bayhwh {בַּיהוָה | ba-yə-hō-wāh} marking the divine object of trust. A second clause, coordinated by vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and will be’, presents a verbless nominal clause with yehovah {יְהוָה | yə-hō-wāh} ‘the LORD’ as predicate nominative to the construct noun mivtacho {מִבְטַחוֹ | miḇ-ta-ḥō} ‘his trust’. This synonymous parallelism intensifies the theme of divine security by restating the act of trusting as the very essence of the believer’s confidence. |