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כִּ֤י נֹ֨כַח עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו מְפַלֵּֽס׃ Opening the Gaze Proverbs 5:21 offers no command, no advice, no metaphor. It simply states a fact — that a man’s paths lie exposed before the eyes of YHWH. Yet even this simple truth is shaped with careful grammatical artistry. The Hebrew opens not with a subject or verb, but with a prepositional phrase: נֹכַח עֵינֵי יְהוָה (“in the presence of the eyes of YHWH”). This fronting heightens the sense of divine immediacy and surveillance.… Learn Hebrew