| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the fronted object kevodi {כְּבוֹדִי | kə-ḇō-ḏî} ‘my honor’, emphasizing Job’s loss of social standing. The prepositional phrase mē-ʿā-lay {מֵעָלַי | mē-ʿā-lay} ‘from upon me’ intensifies the removal as lifting off his person. Hifshit {הִפְשִׁיט | hip̄-šîṭ} ‘he stripped’ employs a Hiphil perfect, portraying a forceful act of dispossession. The wayyiqtol vayyasar {וַיָּסַר | way-yā-sar} ‘and he removed’ creates parallelism, adding a second completed action. The construct chain ataret roshi {עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִׁי | ʿa-ṭe-reṯ rō-šî} ‘crown of my head’ marks the crown as the visible token of honor. Rendering in English uses present perfect (“has stripped… has taken… has removed”) to reflect completed actions with ongoing consequence in Job’s lament. |