| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with yinatek {יִנָּתֵ֣ק | yinnāṯēq} ‘he will be torn away,’ a Niphal imperfect presenting the subject as passive. Two parallel prepositional phrases, meohalo {מֵ֭אָהֳלוֹ | mēʾoholô} ‘from his tent’ and mivtachho {מִבְטַח֑וֹ | mivṭaḥô} ‘from his security,’ depict the loss of physical shelter and emotional confidence. The conjunction prefixed Hiphil vetatsidehu {וְ֝תַצְעִדֵ֗הוּ | wətaṣʿîdēhû} introduces a causative result, indicating that this loss compels movement. The goal phrase lemelekh ballahot {לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת | ləmeleḵ ballāhôṯ} forms a construct chain where ‘king of terrors’ personifies dread as an overwhelming ruler. English renders the sequence to preserve the parallel losses followed by the forced destiny under terror’s dominion. |