| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with a sequence of gul {גול | gûl} ‘he rejoiced’, gil {גִּ֣יל | gîl} ‘rejoice’, followed by the imperfects yigul {יגול | yigûl} and yagil {יָ֭גִיל | yāgîl} ‘he will rejoice’, an emphatic intensification pattern. The construct chain avi tsaddiq {אֲבִ֣י צַדִּ֑יק | ’ăvî ṣaddîq} conveys ‘father of a righteous one.’ The participles yoled {יולד | yôled} ‘he fathers’ and veyoled {וְיוֹלֵ֥ד | wə-yōlēḏ} ‘and he fathers’ parallel the initial structure. The chiastic pairing of tsaddiq and khakam {חָ֝כָ֗ם | ḥākām} underscores the parallel between righteousness and wisdom. The maqqef between veyismah {וְיִשְׂמַח | wə-yis-maḥ} ‘and he will rejoice’ and bo {בּֽוֹ | bō} ‘in him’ tightly binds the verb to its object. |