| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The verse unfolds as a three-part lament: it opens with the perfect verb avru {עָבְרוּ | ʿāḇərû} ‘have passed’ governing yamay {יָמַי | yāmay} ‘my days’. It then parallels with the Niphal perfect nittequ {נִתְּקוּ | nittəqû} ‘have been cut off’ modifying zimmotay {זִמֹּתַי | zimmōṯay} ‘my plans’. Finally, a verbless construct chain morashe levavi {מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִי | mōrāšê ləḇāḇî} ‘treasured portion of my heart’ serves as the object of severing. The asyndetic coordination underscores the relentless progression of loss, and the contrast between Qal and Niphal perfect forms highlights active experience followed by passive reception. Formal translation retains the compressed enumeration to preserve poetic brevity, while dynamic translation introduces “even” to intensify the lament. |