Open Hand, Open Eyes: Participles and Antithetic Parallelism in Proverbs 28:27
נֹותֵ֣ן לָ֭רָשׁ אֵ֣ין מַחְסֹ֑ור וּמַעְלִ֥ים עֵ֝ינָ֗יו רַב־מְאֵרֹֽות׃ (Proverbs 28:27) He who gives to the poor will not lack; but he who hides his eyes will have many curses. Qal Participle as Subject: נֹותֵ֣ן לָ֭רָשׁ נֹותֵ֣ן (“one who gives”) is a Qal participle masculine singular from the root נ־ת־ן (“to give”). In Hebrew proverbs, participles often…