| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav conjunction vehu {וְהוּא | wə-hûʾ} ‘and he’, linking to the preceding depiction of the sun. It employs two parallel similes: kechatan {כְּחָתָן | kə-ḥā-ṯān} ‘as a bridegroom’ yotze {יוֹצֵא | yō-ṣēʾ} ‘going out’ from mechuppato {מֵחֻפָּתוֹ | mê-ḥuppātô} ‘from his chamber’, and kegibbor {כְּגִבּוֹר | kə-ḡib-bôr} ‘like a strong man’ yasis {יָשִׂישׂ | yāśîś} ‘he rejoices’, with laruts orach {לָרוּץ אֹרַח | lārûṣ ʾō-rāḥ} ‘to run a path’. The Qal participle in yotze and the imperfect in yasis convey ongoing emergence and joy, while the infinitive construct in laruts expresses purpose. The balanced Hebrew parallelism and chiastic arrangement highlight vigor and celebration. |