| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the construct chain mizbeach adamah {מִזְבַּח אֲדָמָה | miz-bē-aḥ ʾa-ḏā-māh} ‘altar of earth’, followed immediately by the directive Qal imperfect taʿaseh {תַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי | ta-ʿă-śeh-lî} ‘you shall make for me’. The conjunction waw and perfect verb vezavachta {וְזָבַחְתָּ | wə-zā-vaḥ-tā} ‘and you shall sacrifice’ continues the imperatival sequence. The prepositional phrase alav {עָלָיו | ʿā-lāw} ‘upon it’ locates the sacrificial actions. A series of object markers et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} ‘direct object marker’ introduce the cultic offerings: ʿoloteicha {עֹלֹתֶיךָ | ʿō-lō-ṯe-kā} ‘your burnt offerings’, shlameicha {שְׁלָמֶיךָ | šə-lā-mê-kā} ‘your peace offerings’, tsoncha {צֹאנְךָ | ṣōʾn-kā} ‘your flock’, and bekarʾcha {בְּקָרֶךָ | bə-qā-re-kā} ‘your cattle’. The relative clause bechol hamakom asher azkir et shmi {בְּכָל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַזְכִּיר אֶת־שְׁמִי | bə-ḵāl-ham-mā-qôm ʾă-šer ʾaz-kîr ʾeṯ-šə-mî} ‘in every place where I cause My name to be remembered’ establishes divine authorization for worship locations. The promise avo eilecha uverachticha {אָבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וּבֵרַכְתִּיךָ | ʾā-ḇōʾ ʾê-lê-kā ū-ḇē-raḵ-tî-kā} ‘I will come to you and bless you’ presents the assured outcome of obedience. |