| 35. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the prohibitive particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} and the Qal imperfect taʿăšû {תַעֲשׂ֥וּ | taʿăšû} in second person plural, forming a collective injunction. The noun ʿāvel {עָ֖וֶל | ʿāvel} ‘injustice’ governs an asyndetic series of prepositional phrases: bammishp̄āṭ {בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט | bammishp̄āṭ}, bammiddāh {בַּמִּדָּ֕ה | bammiddāh}, bammishqāl {בַּמִּשְׁקָל | bammishqāl}, and ūbamməšûrāh {וּבַמְּשׂוּרָֽה | ū-bamməšûrāh}. This parallel structure emphasizes equal moral weight across legal, commercial, and practical domains. The repeated preposition–definite article construction highlights specificity, and the standard English SVO itemization preserves the force of the original injunction. |