| 29. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the demonstrative vezzeh {וְזֶה | wə-zeh} ‘and this’ linked to lekha {לְךָ | lə-kha} ‘for you’, introducing ha’ot {הָאוֹת | hā-’ōṯ} ‘the sign’ as a prophetic marker. The infinitive absolute akhol {אָכוֹל | ʾā-khol} with a perfect preformative in ha-shanah {הַשָּׁנָה | ha-šā-nāh} establishes assured action in the first year for saphiach {סָפִיחַ | sā-phī-aḥ} ‘volunteer growth’. A parallel u-va-shanah ha-sheinit sakhish {וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית סָחִישׁ | ū-va-šā-nāh ha-šê-nît sā-ḥî-š} continues this patterned cycle. In u-va-shanah ha-shelishit the cascade of Qal imperatives zīr‘û, wə-qî-ṣə-rû, wə-niṭ-‘û shifts to active restoration through keramim {כְּרָמִים | kə-rā-mîm} ‘vineyards’, culminating in consumption of piryam {פִרְיָם | pīr-yām} ‘their fruit’. The three-tiered year structure underscores a movement from passive provision to deliberate cultivation, preserved in English through parallel infinitive and imperative constructions. |