| 16. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs numerical parallelism introduced by šēš-he-nāh {שֶׁשׁ־הֵ֭נָּה | šēš-he-nāh} ‘six-these’ and expanded by šĕvāʿ {שֶׁ֗בַע | šĕvāʿ} ‘seven,’ a common Hebraic rhetorical device for emphasis. The nominal clause śānēʾ {שָׂנֵ֣א | śānēʾ} ‘hates’ predicates the subject Yəhōwāh {יְהוָ֑ה | Yəhōwāh} within a verbless structure. The conjunction wə-šĕvāʿ {וְ־שֶׁ֗בַע | wə-šĕvāʿ} links the two parts of the parallelism, and the construct chain tōʿăḇahṯ nap̄šōw {תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת נַפְשֽׁוֹ | tōʿăḇahṯ nap̄šōw} ‘abomination-of his-soul’ conveys an intense divine aversion. This balanced listing foregrounds divine judgment through measured numerical pairing. |