| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the universal quantifier vekhol {וְכֹל | wə-khol} ‘all’ introducing a relative clause asher lo-yidrosh {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִדְרֹשׁ | ʾă-šer lōʾ yid-rōsh} ‘that does not seek.’ The Qal imperfect yidrosh {יִדְרֹשׁ | yid-rōsh} conveys ongoing intentional pursuit. The object la-Yahweh Elohei-Yisrael {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | la-Yahweh ʾĕ-lō-hê yis-rā-ʾēl} ties seeking to Israel’s covenant LORD God. Judgment is expressed through the Hophal imperfect yumat {יוּמָת | yū-maṯ} ‘shall be put to death,’ indicating legal enforcement. The inclusive scope is marked by the paired prepositional phrases le-min…ve-ad… {לְמִן…וְעַד… | lə-min…wə-ʿad…} ‘from…even to,’ first framing extremes qaton…gadol {קָטֹן…גָּדוֹל | qā-ṭōn…gā-dōl} ‘small…great’ and then le-me-ish…ve-ad ishah {לְמֵאִישׁ…וְעַד אִשָּׁה | lə-mē-ʾīš…wə-ʿad ʾiš-šāh} ‘from man…even to woman,’ underscoring total inclusion without exception. |