| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is built from two tightly linked action-clauses that portray reversal. The object khayil {חַ֣יִל | ḥáyil} ‘wealth’ is placed first for emphasis, followed by bala' {בָּ֭לַע | bāláʿ} ‘he swallowed,’ presenting the wicked person’s completed act. The next verb, vayeqi'ennu {וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ | way-qi-ʾén-nû} ‘and he will vomit it up,’ uses vav-consecutive to push the line forward and creates an ironic undoing of the prior action; the attached suffix makes the “wealth” the continuing object. The prepositional phrase mibitno {מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹ | mib-biṭ-nô} ‘from his belly’ intensifies the image of what was internalized being forcibly removed. The final verbal form yorishennu {יוֹרִשֶׁ֥נּוּ | yô-rí-šen-nû} ‘he will drive it out’ is followed by el {אֵֽל | ʾēl} ‘God,’ an end-position subject that climactically identifies the true agent of the dispossession. English renders the implied subject explicitly as “God” to match the Hebrew’s delayed subject placement while preserving the verse’s rhetorical punch. |