| 30. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vehayah {וְהָיָ֣ה | və-hā-yāh} ‘and it came to pass’, marking a narrative result. The universal subject kol-haro’eh {כָל־הָרֹאֶה | kol-hā-rō-’ēh} combines the quantifier and participle. The vav-consecutive ve-amar {וְאָמַר | və-’ā-mar} introduces reported speech. The paired negatives lo-nihyetah {לֹא־נִהְיְתָ֤ה | lō-nîh-ye-ṯāh} and ve-lo-nir’atah {וְלֹא־נִרְאֲתָה֙ | wə-lō-nir-’ă-ṯāh} form an emphatic double negation expressing that the event is unprecedented. The temporal phrase le-miyom alot {לְמִיּוֹם עֲלוֹת | lə-mî-yōm ʿă-lōṯ} ‘from the day of going up’ specifies chronology, with the construct benei-yisra’el {בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nê-yî-yis-rā-’ēl} linking group and origin. Finally, the imperatives sequence simu-lakhem {שִׂימוּ־לָכֶם | sî-mû-lā-ḵem}, utzu {עֻצוּ | ’û-ṣû}, and ve-dabberu {וְדַבֵּרוּ | wə-ḏab-bē-rû} outline reflection, counsel, and speech. |