| 11. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with vezeh {וְזֶה | wə-zé} ‘and this’, introducing a specific directive. The noun hadavar {הַדָּבָר | ha-dā-var} ‘the thing’ frames the instruction as an official command. The relative clause asher ta'asu {אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ | ă-šer ta-ʿă-sū} ‘which you shall do’ links the mandate directly to the addressees. The phrases kol-za-khar {כָּל־זָכָר | kól-zá-khar} ‘every male’ and ve-kol ishah yodat mishkav-zakhar {וְכָל־אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָר | wə-kól ish-šáh yô-dāʿ-át mish-ḵav-zá-khar} ‘and every woman who has known the lying with a male’ specify the full scope of those to be targeted. The hiphil imperfect tacharimu {תַּחֲרִימוּ | ta-ḥă-rî-mū} conveys a causative injunction of complete destruction. The English rendering front-loads the directive and uses precise terms to reflect the Hebrew legal severity. |