| 23. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with uva {וּבָ֤א | ū-vāʼ} ‘and he shall come’, employing the vav consecutive on a Qal perfect verb to advance the ritual narrative. The prepositional phrase el ohel moed {אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד | ʾel ʼō-hel mō-ʿēḏ} ‘into the tent of meeting’ specifies Aaron’s sacred location. The coordinate verb upashat {וּפָשַׁט֙ | ū-pā-šāṭ} ‘and he shall remove’ introduces a new ritual action, with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} preceding bigdei habad {בִּגְדֵ֣י הַבָּ֔ד | big-dē hab-bād} ‘linen garments’. A relative clause asher lavash {אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָבַ֖שׁ | ʾă-šer lā-ḇaš} ‘which he had put on’ links their use to Aaron’s initial entry. The infinitive phrase bevo’o el hakodesh {בְּבֹא֣וֹ אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ | bə-ḇō-ʼō ʼel haq-qō-ḏēš} ‘in entering the holy place’ functions temporally. Finally, the Hiphil perfect vehinicham {וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם | wə-hin-nî-ḥām} ‘and he shall leave them’, followed by the locative adverb sham {שָֽׁם׃ | šām}, highlights the placement of garments after the ritual. |