| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The structure employs the vav-consecutive verb verahu {וְרָאָ֣הוּ | wə-rā-’ā-hû} ‘and he saw him/it’ and later vehisgiro {וְהִסְגִּיר֧וֹ | və-his-gî-rô} ‘and he shut him up’ to delineate the priest’s actions. The phrase bayom hashevi‘i {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי | ba-yyōm ha-šə-ḇî-’î} ‘on the seventh day’ functions as a temporal marker. Vehinneh {וְהִנֵּ֤ה | və-hinnēh} ‘and behold’ introduces the conditional clause. The noun hanega {הַנֶּ֙גַע֙ | ha-ne-ḡa‘} appears twice to focus attention on the affliction, which ‘stood’ (amad {עָמַ֣ד | ’ā-mad}) and ‘did not spread’ (lofasah {לֹֽא־פָשָׂ֥ה | lō-śā-śāh}) in perfect aspect, signaling a maintained state. The construct chain shiv’at yamim shenit {שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים שֵׁנִֽית | šĭ-ḇa‘-ṯ yā-mîm šê-nît} ‘seven days second time’ sets a precise repeated duration. English grammar is adjusted for clarity of subject reference and procedural sequence, preserving Hebrew order and logical flow. |