| 34. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative sequence beginning with verra’ah {וְרָאָה֩ | və·rā·’āh} ‘and he will see’, followed by the temporal phrase bayom hashevi’i {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י | ba·yôm ha·še·vî·ʿî} ‘on the seventh day’. The particle vehineh {וְ֠הִנֵּה | və·hin·nē} ‘and behold’ introduces a protasis condition. The negated perfect lopa·shah {לֹא־פָשָׂ֤ה | lō·pā·śāh} ‘has not spread’ and the existential einenu {אֵינֶנּוּ | ʾān·nên·nû} ‘it is not’ evaluate the lesion’s scope and depth through the clause umar’ehu {וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ | u·mar·ʾēh·û} ‘its appearance’ being amoq {עָמֹ֖ק | ʿā·mōq} ‘deeper’ min-ha-or {מִן־הָע֑וֹר | min·hā·ʿôr} ‘than the skin’. The piel perfect forms vetihar {וְטִהַ֤ר | və·ṯi·har} and vechibes {וְכִבֶּ֥ס | və·ḳi·bbes} mark the declarative pronouncement and the ritual washing. The parallelism of garment washing and achieving purity concludes the ritual procedure. |