| 13. Linguistic Exegesis ashrei {אַשְׁרֵי | ʾaš-rê} ‘blessed’ introduces a state of happiness. The noun adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām} serves as the subject of both clauses. Matza {מָצָא | mā-ṣāʾ} ‘has found’ is a Qal perfect expressing completed action toward chokhmah {חָכְמָה | ḥā-ḵā-māh} ‘wisdom’ as object. The conjunction veadam {וְאָדָם | wə-ʾā-dām} links to the next clause, where yafik {יָפִיק | yā-p̄îq} ‘draws forth’ is a Hiphil imperfect highlighting ongoing effort toward tevunah {תְּבוּנָה | tə-bū-nāh} ‘understanding’. The contrast of perfect and imperfect accentuates both reception and active extraction of insight within a synonymous parallelism. |