| 3. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative conjunction umosheh {וּמֹשֶׁה | û-mō-šeh} ties this verse to its context while highlighting Moses. The verb alah {עָלָה | ʿā-lāh} ‘ascended’ creates a clear subject–verb sequence indicating deliberate movement. El-haElohim {אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾel-hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} marks the ascent’s goal as God. The waw-consecutive vayiqra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yiq-rāʾ} shifts focus to divine speech, with Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as speaker. The infinitive leemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾmōr} introduces direct discourse. Within the commission, koh tomar {כֹּה תֹאמַר | kōh tō-mar} ‘thus you shall say’ and vetaggid {וְתַגֵּיד | wə-tag-gêḏ} ‘you shall tell’ designate Moses’ instructions. The construct chains lebeit yaakov {לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב | lə-bêt ya-ʿă-qōb} and livnei yisrael {לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | liv-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} specify the addressees in familial and national terms. |