| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with or {אוֹר | ʾôr} ‘light’ in construct with tsaddiqim {צַדִּיקִים | ṣaḏ-dî-qîm} ‘righteous’, personifying light to express vindication. The verb yismach {יִשְׂמָ֑ח | yiś-māḥ} ‘will rejoice’ follows, conveying a perfective future action. A parallel construct begins with ve-ner {וְנֵ֖ר | wə-nêr} ‘and lamp’, linked to resha’im {רְשָׁעִִם | re-ša‛îm} ‘wicked’. The concluding imperfect yid’akh {יִדְעָֽךְ | yiḏ-‛āḵ} ‘will be extinguished’ contrasts destinies through Hebrew parallelism, with each noun-verb sequence mirroring the other. The conjunction ve- ‘and’ introduces the antithetical second clause. English translation preserves the construct order and employs “snuffed out” and “extinguished” to reflect the Hebrew verbal imagery. |