| 23. Linguistic Exegesis The jussive-infinitive frame yehi {יְהִ֤י | yəhî} + le-malle {לְמַלֵּ֬א | ləmallēʾ} establishes an imminent action clause. This contrasts expected satisfaction (bitno {בִטְנ֗וֹ | biṭnô}) with imminent judgment. The main clause uses yishallakh-bo {יְשַׁלַּח־בּ֭וֹ | yəšallaḥ-bô} in the Piel stem to denote a forceful incursion of divine wrath (kharon appo {חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ}) into the subject. The conjunction ve-yamter {וְיַמְטֵ֥ר | wəyamṭēr} in the Hiphil imperfect portrays the anger as a downpour, and aleimo {עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ | ʿālêmô} specifies its target. The prepositional phrase bi-lkhumo {בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ | bilḥûmô} shifts the locus of judgment from sustenance to the body, intensifying the irony. |