| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the noun toavah {תּוֹעֲבַת | ṯō-ʿă-ḇaṯ} ‘abomination’ in construct with Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}, creating a possessive phrase “abomination of the LORD.” The following noun phrase derekh rasha {דֶּרֶךְ רָשָׁע | de-rekh rā-šāʿ} ‘way of the wicked’ functions as subject of a nominal clause with implied copula. A contrasting clause is introduced by the conjunction vav and the Piel participle umeraddef {וּמְרַדֵּף | wə-merad-def} ‘pursuer,’ paired with tsedaqah {צְדָקָה | tse-dā-qāh} ‘righteousness.’ The Qal imperfect verb yeʾehav {יֶאֱהָֽב | ye-ə-hāḇ} ‘he loves’ expresses habitual divine action. The parallel structure of negative evaluation and positive affirmation emphasizes divine moral judgment and favor. English renders the construct with “abomination to the LORD” to preserve relational nuance, and the Piel participle is rendered as finite verbs to maintain aspectual and syntactic coherence. |