Leviticus 16:27ExegesisTAB

Leviticus 16 : 27 Atonement | Purity | Sacrifice
27. Linguistic Exegesis
The coordinated pair ve’et par hachattat {וְאֵת־פַּר־הַחַטָּאת | vә-ʾêt par ha-ḥaṭ-ṭāʾṯ} ‘and the bull of the sin offering’ and ve’et se’ir hachattat {וְאֵת־שְׂעִיר־הַחַטָּאת | vә-ʾêt sə-ʿîr ha-ḥaṭ-ṭāʾṯ} ‘and the goat of the sin offering’ serve as the objects of the ritual directives, unified by the repeated vav + et construction to convey totality. The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} combined with the Hofal perfect huva {הוּבָא | hū-bāʾ} ‘was brought’ defines the specified animals, leading into the Piel infinitive le-kapper {לְכַפֵּר | lə-kap-pēr} ‘to make atonement’ with the prepositional phrase bakodesh {בַּקֹּדֶשׁ | ba-qō-ḏeš} ‘in the holy place’, indicating purpose. The Hiphil imperfect yotsi {יוֹצִיא | yō-ṣîʾ} ‘he shall bring out’ governs the maqqef-linked phrase el-michuts lamachaneh {אֶל־מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה | ʾel-miḥûṣ la-ma-ḥa-nê} ‘to outside the camp’. Finally, the Qal perfect vesarfu {וְשָׂרְפוּ | və-śār-pû} ‘and they shall burn’ takes the distributive direct objects et-orotam {אֶת־עֹרֹתָם | ʾet-ʿō-rō-ṯām}, ve-et-besaram {וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָם | vә-ʾet-be-sā-rām}, and ve-et-pirsham {וְאֶת־פִּרְשָׁם | vә-ʾet-pir-šām}, underscoring complete removal and destruction of the sacrificial remains in accordance with Levitical purity regulations.

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