| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The verse unfolds as a vav-consecutive chain linking three main actions: velaqqach {וְלָקַח | wə-lā-qāḥ} ‘and he shall take’, vehikriv {וְהִקְרִיב | wə-hik-rîḇ} ‘and he shall offer’, and vehenif {וְהֵנִיף | wə-hē-nîp̄} ‘and he shall wave’. The maqqef in et-ha-keves {אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ | ʾet-hă-ḵê-ves} and və-ʾet-lōg {וְאֶת־לֹג | və-ʾet-lōg} binds the direct object marker to its noun, foregrounding the lamb and the oil as cultic elements. The noun tənūp̄āh {תְּנוּפָה | tə-nū-pāh} ‘wave offering’ designates a specific ritual act, while li-pənê Yahweh {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | li-pə-nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’ places the sequence within the divine presence, emphasizing the theocentric focus of the ritual. This syntactic ordering preserves both the chronological flow and the theological emphasis of presentation. |