| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with Yahweh {יְֽהוָ֗ה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the absolute subject, foregrounding divine agency. The construct compound menat-helqi {מְנָת־חֶלְקִ֥י | mə-nāṯ ḥel-qî} ‘portion of my allotment’ expresses legal inheritance, paralleled by kosi {וְכוֹסִ֑י | wə-kō-sî} ‘my cup’ through the conjunction wə- {וְ}, creating dual imagery of inheritance and sustenance. The independent pronoun attah {אַ֝תָּ֗ה | ˀat-tah} ‘You’ shifts to direct address. The Qal imperfect tomikh {תּוֹמִ֥יךְ | tō-mîkh} ‘uphold’ governs gorali {גּוֹרָלִֽי | gō-rā-lî} ‘my lot’, forming syntactic parallelism that emphasizes ongoing divine provision. |