| 34. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the conditional particle ki {כִּ֤י | kî} ‘when/if’, marking a protasis that sets the stage for divine action. The imperfect verb tavôʼû {תָבֹאוּ֙ | tavôʼû} ‘you enter’ expresses future expectation for the covenant community. The destination is specified by the prepositional phrase el-arets {אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾel-ʾereṣ} ‘into the land’, followed by the proper noun kənā‘ān {כְּנַעַן | kənā‘ān} ‘Canaan’. A relative clause introduced by ʼăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšer} ‘which’ qualifies the preceding land as that which the speaker is distributing. The Qal participle nōtên {נֹתֵ֥ן | nōṯēn} ‘giving’ with the dative lāḵem {לָכֶם | lā-ḵem} ‘to you’ and the substantive la-ʼăḥûzah {לַאֲחֻזָּה | la-ʼăḥûzah} ‘possession’ conveys allocation of inheritance. The vav-consecutive perfect wə-nāṯattî {וְנָתַתִּי | wə-nāṯattî} sequentially introduces the resultant divine act. The construct chain negaʻ {נֶגַע | negaʻ} ‘affliction’ + ṣārāʻat {צָרַעַת | ṣārāʻat} ‘leprosy’ forms a genitive, localized by the locative phrase bə-ḇêyt {בְּבֵית | bə-ḇêyt} ‘in a house’ + ʼereṣ {אֶרֶץ | ʼereṣ} ‘of the land’ + ʼăḥûzatkem {אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם | ʼăḥûzatkem} ‘of your possession’. English maintains the protasis–result structure and renders the vav-consecutive with explicit conjunctions to reflect sequential divine initiative. |