| 41. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs a vav-consecutive chain beginning with yak-tsi’a {יַקְצִ֥עַ | yak-tsi-ʾa} ‘he shall scrape,’ followed by ve-shafkhu {וְשָׁפְכ֗וּ | wə-šaf-khu} ‘and they shall pour out,’ indicating removal of he’afar {הֶֽעָפָר֙ | he-ʿa-far} ‘the dust.’ The adverb saviv {סָבִ֑יב | sa-viv} ‘all around’ qualifies thoroughness. The relative asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾa-šer} ‘which’ links the dust to the scraping, while the prepositional phrases mi-chuts {מִחוּץ | mi-chuts} ‘outside,’ la-ʾir {לָעִ֔יר | la-ʾir} ‘to the city,’ and ma-kom tame {מָק֖וֹם טָמֵֽא | ma-kom tame} ‘ritually impure place’ outline sequential spatial removal, underscoring separation central to purity laws. The translation preserves Hebrew order and ritual terminology while enhancing clarity in English. |