| 16. Linguistic Exegesis Hebrew poetic structure employs synonymous parallelism. The verb vetaalozna {וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָה | wə-ṭa-ʿă-lōz-nā} ‘and they will rejoice’ functions as a jussive-imperative-like future form expressing hopeful fulfillment, and its action attaches to the noun kilyotai {כִלְיוֹתָ֑י | kil-yō-wṯāy} ‘my kidneys’, which stands in metonymically for deep emotions. The prepositional infinitive bedabber {בְּדַבֵּ֥ר | bə-ḏab-bēr} ‘in speaking’ introduces a causal clause specifying that the rejoicing is triggered by the instrument of speech, with sefateikha {שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָ | sə-pha-ṯê-kā} ‘your lips’ as the subject of the infinitive and meysharim {מֵישָׁרִֽים | mê-ša-rîm} ‘upright things’ providing the ethical content. The structure tightly couples physiological imagery to moral speech, reflecting Hebrew wisdom theology. |