| 2. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the conditional conjunction kî-yihyēh {כִּי־יִהְיֶה | kî-yih-yēh}, linking symptom appearance to legal response. The construct phrase bəʿōr-bəsārô {בְעוֹר-בְּשָׂרוֹ | bə-ʿōr-bə-sārô} frames initial and subsequent manifestations, emphasizing locative precision. The disjunctive alternatives ʾō-sappāḥat {אֽוֹ-סַפַּחַת | ʾō-sap-pā-ḥat} and baheret {בַהֶרֶת | ba-he-ret} list symptom types. The vav-consecutive imperfect wəhāyāh {וְהָיָה | və-hā-yāh} sequences to the diagnostic stage, while the vav-consecutive Hoph‘al wəhûwāʾ {וְהוּבָא | və-hū-wāʾ} mandates referral. The prepositional clause ʾel-ʾāhārōn hakōhēn {אֶל-אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן | ʾel-ʾā-hā-rōn ha-kō-hēn} specifies the priestly authority. |