| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs the vav-consecutive form veyashevah {וְֽ֭יָשְׁבָה | və-yā-šə-ḇā} “and she sits” to resume the personification of Folly. The prepositional phrase lepetach beitah {לְפֶ֣תַח בֵּיתָ֑הּ | lə-pə-ṯaḥ bē-ṯāh} specifies “at the entrance of her house.” This is followed by alkisse {עַל־כִּ֝סֵּ֗א | ʿal-ki-sêʾ} marking posture “upon a seat,” and the construct meromei karet {מְרֹמֵי קָֽרֶת | mə-rō-mē qā-reṯ} indicating location “in the heights of the city.” The cumulative stacking of prepositional and construct phrases without conjunctions heightens her conspicuous and elevated vantage. |