| 10. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the nominal clause vekol {וְכֹ֨ל | wə-ḵōl} ‘everything’ modified by the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾa-šer} ‘that,’ specifying the criterion ein-lo {אֵֽין־ל֛וֹ | ʾēn-lō} ‘does not have’ combined with the pronominal suffix. The coordinated predicates senapir and kaskeset linked by ve {וְ | wə} form a binary exclusion condition. The main clause features the verb tokhelu {תֹאכֵ֑לוּ | toʾ-kê-lū} ‘you shall eat’ negated by lo {לֹ֣א | lō}, yielding a clear prohibition. The concluding verbless clause tamei hu lachem uses the adjective tamei {טָמֵ֥א | ṭā-mêʾ} ‘unclean’ with a demonstrative pronoun hu {ה֖וּא | hūʾ} and indirect object lachem {לָכֶֽם | lā-ḵêm} to state the ritual status. English renders the relative-clause structure to preserve the exclusion criteria and maintains the separate legal pronouncement as a verbless copular clause. |