| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with tishkon {תִּשְׁכּוֹן | tiškōn} ‘it will dwell’, a third person feminine singular verb with an unstated subject, which in this poetic context functions as an impersonal “it” and allows the line to evoke a hostile presence taking up residence. The prepositional phrase b’ahalo {בְּאָהֳלוֹ | bəʾāhŏlô} ‘in his tent’ locates the threat within the vulnerable space of the household. The phrase mibli-lo {מִבְּלִי־לוֹ | mibbelî-lô} ‘because it is not his’ works adverbially to supply a reason or characterization: what occupies the tent is “alien” to him, signaling dispossession. After the atnach break, yezoreh {יְזֹרֶה | yəzōreh} ‘it will scatter’ introduces the second clause; the masculine verb with the following gofrit {גָפְרִית | gā-p̄rît} ‘brimstone’ can be read as an impersonal/passive-like statement in English (“will be scattered”). The final prepositional phrase al-navehu {עַל־נָוֵהוּ | ʿal-nāwēhû} ‘upon his dwelling place’ intensifies the image by moving from the tent interior to the broader habitation, portraying comprehensive ruin through parallel spatial escalation. |