| 20. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs two coordinated vav-consecutive clauses with vehe‘elah {וְהֶעֱלָה | və-hĕ-ʿê-lāh} ‘and he shall offer up’ and vekipper {וְכִפֶּר | wə-kip-per} ‘and he shall make atonement’, linking the priest’s ritual actions. The repeated hakohen {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kō-hên} functions as the subject in both clauses, emphasizing the priest’s mediating role. The direct object markers et-hā-‘olah {אֶת־הָעֹלָה | ’et-hā-‘ō-lāh} and ve-et-hā-minchah {וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה | wə-’et-hā-mîn-ḥāh} signal the offerings. Hamizbechah {הַמִּזְבֵּחָה | ha-mîz-bê-ḥāh} marks the sacrificial site, while the prepositional suffix alav {עָלָיו | ‘ā-lāw} indicates the recipient of atonement. The final Qal perfect vetaher {וְטָהֵֽר | wə-ṭā-hēr} denotes the result of the ritual. Rendering VSO into English SVO retains the stepwise structure and preserves the procedural and causal relationships. |