| 16. Linguistic Exegesis The verse consists of two parallel clauses. The nominal expression orekh yamim {אֹרֶךְ יָמִים | ʾō-rēḵ yā-mîm} ‘length of days’ functions as the first colon theme, followed by the prepositional phrase bi-yeminah {בִּימִינָהּ | bī-yə-mī-nāh} ‘in her right hand’ to establish placement. The second colon mirrors this structure with bi-səmōlāh {בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ | bī-šə-mō-lāh} ‘in her left hand’ distributing the paired abstract nouns osher {עֹשֶׁר | ʿō-šer} ‘riches’ and kavod {כָבוֹד | kā-vōḏ} ‘honor’. The Hebrew’s lack of verbs requires supplying linking verbs in English to render the nominal clauses. The coordinating vav in ve-kavod is rendered as “and” to preserve the distributive parallelism. |