| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the imperative ta’aseh {תַּעֲשֶׂה | ta‘ă·śeh} ‘you shall make/do’, marking an obligation. The noun phrase chag hasukkot {חַג הַסֻּכֹּת | ḥag ha·sû·kōṯ} ‘Festival of Tabernacles’ functions as the direct object specifying the required observance. Lekha {לְךָ | lə·ḵā} ‘for yourself’ adds a beneficiary nuance. Shiv’at yamim {שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | ši·ḇā‘·ṯ yā·mîm} ‘seven days’ forms a construct chain indicating duration. The infinitive construct be’aspecha {בְּאָסְפְּךָ | bə·’ās·pə·ḵā} ‘in your gathering’ introduces an adverbial temporal clause tied to the harvest, rendered as “when you gather in” in the formal translation and “after you have brought in” in the dynamic translation. The merism migornecha {מִגָּרְנְךָ | mi·ḡār·nə·ḵā} and umiyikvecha {וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ | wə·mi·yiq·bə·ḵā} ‘from your threshing floor and from your winepress’ expresses total ingathering, framing the festival within the completion of the agricultural cycle. |