| 25. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the construct chain kherdat adam {חֶרְדַּת אָדָם | ḥer-DAṯ ʾā-DAM} ‘fear of man’, where the feminine singular construct noun governs the following noun. The imperfect verb yitten {יִתֵּן | yiṯ-ṯên} expresses a customary result, taking mokes {מוֹקֵשׁ | mō-Qēš} ‘snare’ as its direct object. The conjunction vav in u-voteaḥ {וּבוֹטֵחַ | ū-vo-ṯē-aḥ} marks an adversative participial clause. The prepositional phrase ba-Yahweh {בַּיהוָה | ba-Yə-hō-wāh} indicates the locus of trust, and the niphal imperfect yesuggav {יְשֻׂגָּב | yə-sug-gāb} conveys a passive result of exaltation and protection. The antithetical parallelism contrasts human intimidation with divine security. |