| 27. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs antithetical parallelism contrasting two archetypes. The negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} with the Qal imperfect verb yacharokh {יַחֲרֹךְ | yaḥă-rōḵ} indicates habitual failure by the remiyyah {רְמִיָּה | rə-mi-yyā} “slothful one” to prepare tzeido {צֵידוֹ | ṣē-yə-ḏō} “prey”. The adversative conjunction ve {וְ | wə} introduces the positive clause, where hon {הוֹן | hôn} “wealth” of adam {אָדָם | ’ā-dām} “man” is described by the compound yakar charutz {יָקָר חָרוּץ | yā-qār ḥā-rûṣ} “precious diligence”. The construct chain remiyyah tzeido illustrates possessive linkage. The shift from verbal action in the first half to nominal valuation in the second heightens the moral contrast between neglect and industriousness. |