| 45. Linguistic Exegesis The sequence begins with the Qal perfect venatats {וְנָתַ֣ץ | wə-nā-ṭaṣ} ‘and he shall tear down’, followed by a paratactic accumulation of objects each introduced by the particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} (ha-bayit {הַבַּ֗יִת | ha-bā-yîṯ} ‘the house’; avanav {אֲבָנָיו֙ | ʾǎ-bā-naw} ‘its stones’; etsav {עֵצָיו֔ | ʿê-ṣāw} ‘its timbers’; afar {עֲפַ֣ר | ʿǎ-p̄ar} ‘the plaster’). The Hiphil perfect ve-hotsi {וְהוֹצִיא֙ | wə-hō-ṣîʾ} ‘and he shall bring out’ then frames removal via el michuts la-ir {אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֔יר | ʾel mi-ḥûṣ lā-ʿîr} ‘to outside the city’ and a second el marking the destination el makom tame {אֶל־מָק֖וֹם טָמֵֽא | ʾel mā-qôm ṭā-meʾ} ‘to an unclean place’. The repetition of et and cumulative listing create asyndetic emphasis on the completeness of the demolition, while the paired prepositional phrases stress ritual exclusion beyond the community boundary. |