| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The coordinated subjects uvenayahu {וּבְנָיָהוּ | û-və-nā-yā-hû} and veyachazi'el {וְיַחֲזִיאֵל | wə-ya-ḥă-zi-ʾēl} establish the agents. The noun hakohanim {הַכֹּהֲנִים | ha-kō-ḥǎ-nîm} in apposition clarifies their priestly office. The phrase bachatzotzrot {בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת | ba-ḥǎ-ṣō-ṣə-rōṯ} functions as an instrumental prepositional phrase, followed by the adverb tamid {תָּמִיד | tā-mîḏ} indicating habitual action. Lifnei aron berit-ha'elohim {לִפְנֵי אֲר֥וֹן־בְּרִית־הָאֱלֹהִֽים | lī-p̄nê ʾǎ-rōn bə-rîṯ-hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} serves as a locative expression of proximity. The English translation retains the Hebrew word order and supplies “stood” as the linking verb. |