| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-direct object marker ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} linking the clause to the preceding narrative. The construct phrase al-penei Yerushalayim {עַל־פְּנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם | ʿal-pə-nê Yə-rū-ša-la-yim} establishes a locative ‘east of Jerusalem.’ The prepositional cluster mimin le-har ha-mashkhit {מִימִין לְהַר־הַמַּשְׁחִית | mī-mîn lə-har ha-maš-ḥîṯ} specifies the south side of the Mount of Corruption. A sequence of relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} identifies each bamah and its dedicatory deity. The final Piel perfect timme ha-melekh {טִמֵּא הַמֶּלֶךְ | ṭim-mē ha-me-leḵ} wraps up with the reform action, ‘the king defiled them,’ conveying ritual cleansing of idolatrous sites. |