| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with ki-shullakh {כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח | kî-šullaḥ} introducing an explanatory ground (“for/because”) and immediately frames the predicament with a passive Pual verb, portraying the subject as acted upon rather than in control. The two prepositional phrases be-reshet {בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת | bərešet} and be-raglav {בְּרַגְלָ֑יו | bəraglâyw} cluster around the first clause, giving a tight spatial picture: entrapment “in a net” located at the very means of movement (“his feet”). The second clause begins with ve-al-sevakhah {וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה | wəʿal-śəḇāḵāh}, adding a further step in the same direction, so that the movement continues not away from danger but “upon” it. The Hitpael imperfect yithallakh {יִתְהַלָּֽךְ | yit·hallāḵ} conveys ongoing or repeated walking-about, creating irony: the more he moves, the more fully he remains within the snare. The parallel terms “net” and “mesh” intensify the image by shifting from the general trap to its interlaced surface, heightening the sense of inescapable entanglement. |