| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the restrictive adverb raq {רַק | rāq} ‘only’, narrowing the action to the Levites. The prepositional phrase leshevet hallevi {לְשֵׁבֶט הַלֵּוִי | lə-šê-vet ha-lē-vī} serves as an indirect object. The negator lo {לֹא | lōʾ} precedes the Qal perfect verb nā-ṯān {נָתַן | nā-ṯān}, yielding a negative clause. The construct isheiy Yahweh Elohei Yisrael {אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ’iş-šêy Yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘fire-offerings of the LORD God of Israel’ functions as the predicate linked by the pronoun hu {הוּא | hūʼ} to the possessor nachalato {נַחֲלָת֔וֹ | na-ḥă-lā-ṯō} ‘his inheritance’. Finally, ka-’ă-šer {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-’ă-šer} introduces a temporal/result clause with the Piel perfect dib-bēr-lō {דִּבֵּר־לֽוֹ | dib-bēr-lō} ‘he spoke to him’, emphasizing the fulfillment of the divine declaration. |