| 26. Linguistic Exegesis The verse features a parallel nominal structure beginning with kevassim {כְּבָשִׂ֥ים | kəvâ·šîm} ‘lambs’, followed by the prepositional phrase lilvushecha {לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ | lil·vû·šê·kā} ‘for your clothing’ expressing purpose. The conjunction vav in umechir {וּמְחִ֥יר | û·mə·ḥîr} ‘and price’ links a second nominal predicate, with sadeh {שָׂ֝דֶה | śā·dê} ‘field’ forming a construct genitive relationship to indicate the price of a field. The final term attudim {עַתּוּדִֽים | ʿaṭ·tû·dîm} ‘goats’ represents the source of value in this chain. The omission of the copula in each clause, characteristic of Hebrew proverbs, creates concise parallelism, which is rendered in English by supplying “will be” for clarity and rearranging word order to distinguish the two balanced statements. |