| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with teshitemo {תְּשִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ | tə-ši-tê-mō}, a Qal imperfect with second person masculine singular subject and a third person masculine plural object suffix indicating direct divine command. The simile kə-tannur ʾēš {כְּתַנּ֣וּר אֵ֭שׁ | kə-tan-nûr ʾē-š} ‘as furnace of fire’ intensifies imagery of judgment. The temporal phrase bə-ʿēt pāneka {בְּעֵ֣ת פָּנֶ֑יךָ | bə-ʿēt pā-ne-kā} ‘in the time of your face’ denotes divine presence, rendered ‘when You appear.’ The focus then shifts to Yahweh {יְהוָ֥ה | Yə-hō-wāh}, with the prepositional phrase bə-ʾappō {בְּאַפּ֗וֹ | bə-ʾap-pō} ‘in His anger’ specifying the cause of judgment. The verbs yəballəʿem {יְבַלְּעֵ֥ם | yə-bal-lə-ʿēm} and wə-tōḵlēm ʾēš {וְתֹאכְלֵ֥ם אֵֽשׁ | wə-tō-ḵə-lēm ʾē-š} employ Piel and Qal imperfect forms to depict comprehensive destruction by swallowing and consuming with fire, while the English word order mirrors the Hebrew to highlight progression from divine decree to enactment of punishment. |