| 30. Linguistic Exegesis The verse presents two parallel participial constructions: otse {עֹצֶה | ʿō-ṣê} ‘he closes’ with einav {עֵינָיו | ʿē-na-v} ‘his eyes’ and koretz {קֹרֵץ | kō-reṣ} ‘he compresses’ with sefatav {שְׂפָתָיו | sə-fa-tā-v} ‘his lips’. The infinitive lachshov {לַחְשֹׁב | laḥ-šōḇ} functions as a purpose clause introducing taphukhoth {תַּהְפֻּכוֹת | tap-puk-hōṯ} ‘perversions’. In the second parallel, killah {כִּלָּה | kî-l-lāh} conveys consummation, marking the full realization of raʿah {רָעָה | rā-ʿāh} ‘evil’. This structure underscores covert intent followed by a definitive moral outcome, rendered in English with corresponding participial and resultative phrasing. |