| 20. Linguistic Exegesis The prohibitive particle al {אַל | ʾal} 'do not' with the jussive imperfect tehi {תְּהִי | tə-hî} 'be' issues a direct warning. Two parallel locative phrases—be-soveiyayin {בְסֹבְאֵי־יַיִן | bə-sō-ʾê-yā-yîn} 'among drinkers of wine' and be-zolelei {בְּזֹלֲלֵי | bə-zō-lă-lê} 'among gluttons'—both govern basar {בָשָׂר | ba-sar} 'meat' marked collectively by the dative suffix lamo {לָמוֹ | lā-mō} 'to them'. This parallelism underscores the admonition against habitual excess. The formal retains 'among' to reflect Hebrew locative nuance; the dynamic employs 'join' and 'gorge on' to convey relational involvement and intensity. |