| 23. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the negative particle lo{לֹא | lō} ‘not’, followed by the Qal imperfect talin{תָלִ֨ין | tā-lîn} ‘you shall leave overnight’ governing the construct noun nivlato{נִבְלָת֜וֹ | niv-lā-tō} ‘his corpse’ with the prepositional phrase al-ha’etz{עַל־הָעֵ֗ץ | ʿal-hā-ʿêṣ} ‘upon the tree’. The infinitive absolute kabor{קָב֤וֹר | qā-vôr} intensifies the Qal imperfect tikberennu{תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙ | tiq-bə-rē-nû} ‘you shall bury him’ in the temporal bayom hahu{בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא | ba-yôm hā-hû} ‘that day’. The causal ki{כִּי | kî} marks the rationale killat Elohim{קִלְלַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים | qil-lāṯ ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘curse of God’, with the passive participle taluy{תָּלוּי | tā-lûy} ‘hanging’ linking condemned status to impurity. The coordination velo tetame{וְלֹ֤א תְטַמֵּא֙ | wə-lō tə-tam-mēʾ} ‘and you shall not defile’ applies to admatcha{אֶת־אַדְמָ֣תְךָ | ʾet-ʾad-mā-tə-kā} ‘your land’. Finally, the Qal active participle noten lekha{נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ | nō-tên lə-kā} ‘is giving you’ introduces the covenant blessing of nachalah{נַחֲלָֽה | na-ḥă-lāh} ‘inheritance’. Hebrew syntax thus intertwines legal command, theological justification, and covenant promise. |