BHS, NEB, NJB).311 (3) M. Dahood suggests a restructuring of the consonants of the text to read le?????o???n ma???wet (???the victor over death???).312 (4) A. J. O. vander Wal opts for a modal use of the imperfect: ???we shall not die!???313 (5) One could also conceivably suggest that the phrase is a question.