| 22. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with a nominal alternative marked by ushetei torim {וּשְׁתֵּי תֹרִים | u-šə-tê ṭō-rîm} ‘and two doves’ or shenei benei yonah {שְׁנֵי בְּנֵי יוֹנָה | šə-nê bə-nê yō-nāh} ‘two young pigeons’ (lit. “sons of the dove”), establishing a substitution for varying means. The relative clause asher tasig yado {אֲשֶׁר תַּשִּׂיג יָד֑וֹ | a-šer ta-šîḡ yā-ḏô} ‘which his hand can reach’ functions as an economic qualifier. The vav-consecutive vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh} introduces the result clause vehayah echad chatat vehahaechad olah {וְהָיָה אֶחָד חַטָּאת וְהָאֶחָד עֹלָה | wə-hā-yāh ʾe-ḥāḏ ḥa-ṭā-ʾṯ wə-hā-ʾe-ḥāḏ ʿō-lāh}, using definite articles and coordinated numerals to assign one bird to sin offering and the other to burnt offering. The coordination underscores equal ritual status and socio-economic accommodation within the cultic law. |