| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is structured as a bipartite prohibition, each clause inaugurated by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʼ} ‘not’ followed by the verb tegalleh {תְגַלֵּה | təgallêh} ‘uncover’. The noun phrase ervat kallatekha {עֶרְוַת כַּלָּתְךָ | ʿerwâ kallatəḵā} ‘nakedness of your daughter-in-law’ occupies the object position in the first clause. The appositional identity clause eshet binkha hi {אֵשֶׁת בִּנְךָ הִוא | ʾēšeṯ binḵā hîʼ} ‘she is the wife of your son’ assigns her relational status, reinforcing the kinship prohibition. The repetition of the lo…tegalleh formula in the concluding clause serves an emphatic function by parallelism. In translation, the Hebrew construct chain is rendered with English possessive constructions, and the parallel structure is preserved to maintain the legal emphasis. |