The Swift Flight of Life: Syntax and Poetic Motion in Job 9:25
וְיָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־רָ֑ץ בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא־רָא֥וּ טֹובָֽה׃ My days are swifter than a runner; they flee, they have not seen good. Poetic Syntax as Theology Job 9:25 marks a moment of profound lament in which Job compares his life to a runner. This verse does not follow the straightforward narrative VSO pattern typical of prose Hebrew.…