| 22. Linguistic Exegesis The clause begins with the preposition takhat {תַּֽחַת | ta-ḥaṯ} ‘under’ governing the noun eved {עֶ֭בֶד | ʿeḇeḏ} ‘servant.’ The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a temporal clause headed by the verb form yimlôk {יִמְל֑וֹךְ | yim-lōḵ} ‘reigns.’ A second coordinated element begins with wə-nāval {וְ֝נָבָ֗ל | wə-nā-ḇāl} ‘fool,’ again linked by ki {כִּי | kî} to yisba‘ {יִשְׂבַּע | yis-ba‘} ‘is satisfied.’ The final prepositional phrase laḥem {לָֽחֶם | la-ḥêm} ‘with food’ completes the parallel structure. This repetition and parallelism intensify the theme of social inversion that unsettles the earth. |