| 4. Linguistic Exegesis The construction begins with the directional preposition vav-ve’el {וְאֶל | wə-ʾel} ‘and to’ indicating movement toward petach ohel mo’ed {פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | pē-ṭaḥ ʾō-hel mō-ʿêḏ} ‘the entrance of the tent of meeting’. The purpose infinitive lehakrīv {לְהַקְרִיב | lə-ha-krîv} ‘to offer’ governs the noun korban {קָרְבָּן | qār-bān} ‘sacrifice’, forming a final clause. The phrase laYHWH lifnei mishkan Yahweh {לַיהוָה לִפְנֵי מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה | la-Yə-hō-wāh lî-pə-nê miš-kān Yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD’ centralizes worship under divine authority. The judicial imputation dam yeḥašev la’ish hahu {דָּם יֵחָשֵׁב לָאִישׁ הַהוּא | dām yê-ḥā-šêḇ lā-ʾîš ha-hûʾ} ‘blood shall be imputed to that man’ uses the Nifal imperfect to denote legal guilt. Finally, veniḵraṯ ha’ish hahu mi-kerev ammo {וְנִכְרַת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֹ | wə-nik-rat hā-ʾîš ha-hûʾ miq-qě-reḇ ʿam-mōʾ} ‘and he shall be cut off from among his people’ employs the vav consecutive prefix + Nifal perfect to pronounce communal exclusion. |