| 33. Linguistic Exegesis The verse presents an asyndetic list introduced by the conjunction vav. It begins with vehadavah {וְהַדָּוָה֙ | wə-had-dāwāh} ‘the one who has a flow’, followed by the prepositional phrase benidatah {בְּנִדָּתָהּ | bə-nid-dā-tāh} ‘in her menstrual impurity’, marking a condition of ritual separation. The next item, vehazav {וְהַזָּב֙ | wə-ha-zāv} ‘the one with a discharge’, is specified by the direct object phrase et-zovo {אֶת-זוֹב֔וֹ | ʾet-zōvō} ‘his discharge’, which then assigns recipients la-zakhar ve-la-nekevah {לַזָּכָ֖ר וְלַנְּקֵבָ֑ה | la-zā-ḵar wə-la-ne-qē-vāh} ‘for the male and for the female’, clarifying inclusive scope. The final clause employs a relative structure with u-le-ish {וּלְאִ֕ישׁ | u-le-ʾîš} ‘and for a man’ introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’, followed by the verb yishkav {יִשְׁכַּ֖ב | yiškav} ‘lies down’ and the prepositional phrase im-temeah {עִם-טְמֵאָֽה | ʿim-temēʾāh} ‘with an unclean woman’. English rendering uses explicit conjunctions and relative clauses to reflect the cumulative list structure and preserve the theological emphasis on ritual boundaries. |