| 18. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with veulam {וְ֭אוּלָם | wə-ʾûlām} marking a contrastive turn. The construct har-nofel {הַר־נוֹפֵ֣ל | har-nōfēl} places a participle after the noun to depict the mountain in mid-collapse. The imperfect verbs yibbol {יִבּ֑וֹל | yibbōl} and yeetak {יֶעְתַּ֥ק | yeʿtāq} present inevitable processes as characteristic states. The vav clause wə-ṣūr yeʿtāq {וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק | wə-ṣūr yeʿtāq} intensifies the image by adding a second example of disintegration and displacement. The prepositional phrase mimməqōmô {מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ | mimməqōmô} functions adverbially to stress movement away from a fixed location, reinforcing the theme of impermanence. |