| 22. Linguistic Exegesis The vav-consecutive verb vayhi {וַיְהִי | way-hî} ‘and it came to pass’ introduces a new narrative action. The temporal phrase bayom hashishi {בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי | bay-yôm haš-šî-šî} ‘on the sixth day’ precedes the main verb and situates this event within the manna cycle. The construct chain lechem mishneh {לֶחֶם מִשְׁנֶה | le-ḥem miš-neh} ‘bread double’ indicates an enhanced allotment, with shenei haomer laechad {שְׁנֵי הָעֹמֶר לָאֶחָד | šə-nê hā-ʿō-mer lā-ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘two omers for each one’ specifying distribution. A second vav-consecutive sequence frames the communal response: vayavo’u kol-nesiei haedah {וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל־נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה | way-yā-ḇō-ʾû kol-nə-śî-ʾê hā-ʿê-ḏāh} ‘and all the leaders of the congregation came’, followed by vayaggidu lemosheh {וַיַּגִּידוּ לְמֹשֶׁה | way-yag-gî-ḏû lə-mō-šeh} ‘and they reported to Moses’. The parallel vav-consecutive clauses create a progression from divine provision to community oversight, preserved in translation through temporal ordering and clause linkage. |