| 16. Linguistic Exegesis The verse features verb-initial clauses with yishlach {יִשְׁלַח | yiš-laḥ} “he will send,” yiqqacheni {יִקָּחֵנִי | yiq-qā-ḥê-nî} “he will take me,” and yamsheni {יַמְשֵׁנִי | yam-šê-nî} “he will draw me,” emphasizing successive divine rescue actions. These are introduced by the prepositional phrase mimmarom {מִמָּרוֹם | mim-mā-rôm} “from on high,” underscoring the heavenly origin of deliverance, and conclude with mimmayim rabbim {מִמַּיִם רַבִּים | mim-mă-yîm răbbîm} “from many waters,” where the plural conveys overwhelming peril. The Hebrew verb-initial order is rendered in English as sequential past-tense verbs, and a semicolon links the two clauses to reflect the narrative flow. |