| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse exhibits antithetic parallelism between megōraṯ {מְגוֹרַ֣ת | mə-ḡō-rāṯ} ‘fear’ and taʾăḇāṯ {תַאֲוַת | taʾăḇāṯ} ‘desire,’ each in construct chain with rāšāʿ {רָשָׁ֭ע | rā-šāʿ} ‘wicked’ and ṣaḏḏî-qîm {צַדִּיקִ֣ים | ṣaḏḏî-qîm} ‘righteous.’ The pronoun hîʾ {הִ֣יא | hîʾ} links the first noun phrase to the verb tə-ḇōʾēnû {תְבוֹאֶ֑נּוּ | tə-ḇōʾēnû}, while the vav-conjunction wə-ṯaʾăḇāṯ connects to the second clause, marking a shift from judgment to blessing. The implicit divine subject in yittēn {יִתֵּֽן | yittēn} is clarified in English. The Hebrew imperfects convey certainty, and the construct state relationships highlight possession of “fear” and “desire.” |