| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is structured as two parallel clauses: the first uses the prepositional phrase me-Yahweh {מֵיְהוָה | mê-Yə-hō-wāh} ‘from the LORD’ with the construct chain mitsadei-gaver {מִצְעֲדֵי-גָבֶר | mitsʿă·ḏê ḡā·ver} ‘steps of man’, indicating that human motion originates with divine direction. The conjunction wə {וְ | wə} ‘and’ introduces the second clause, where the interrogative mah yāḇîn {מַה־יָבִין | mah yā·ḇîn} ‘how will {one} understand?’ forms a rhetorical question. The verse culminates with darkô {דַרְכּוֹ | dā·rkô} ‘his way’ placed at the end for emphasis on the existential inquiry into human self-understanding in light of divine sovereignty. |