| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with gadol {גָּדוֹל | gā-dōl} ‘great’ modifying kevodo {כְּבוֹדוֹ | kə-ḇō-ḏō} ‘his glory’, forming an attributive construction that highlights the king’s elevated status. The prepositional phrase biyeshuatekha {בִּישׁוּעָתֶ֣ךָ | bī·šū·‘ā·te·kā} ‘in your salvation’ functions as a circumstantial of means, indicating the divine basis for that greatness. The conjunction vav in vehadar {וְהָדָ֣ר | wə·hā·ḏār} ‘and majesty’ forms a merism with hod {הוֹד | hô·ḏ} ‘honor’, accumulating royal attributes. The verb clause teshaveh alav {תְּשַׁוֶּ֖ה עָלָֽיו | tə·ša·wě·h ‘you bestow’ + ‘upon him’} follows the typical Hebrew VSO word order, foregrounding the divine action and its recipient. The English translation shifts to SVO order, preserves the causal relation expressed by the circumstantial phrase, and maintains the parallel structure of honor and majesty. |