| 17. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs a construct chain ervat ishah {עֶרְוַת אִשָּׁה | ʿer·wat ʾish·šāh} ‘nakedness of a woman’, signaling a prohibition on sexual exposure. The vav conjunctions in u-vitah {וּבִתָּהּ | u·bit·tāh} and ve-et-bat-bitah {וְאֶת־בַּת־בִּתָּהּ | wə·ʾet·bat·bit·tāh} extend the prohibition to her daughter, her son’s daughter, and her daughter’s daughter. The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} governs both tegalleh {תְגַלֵּה | tə·gallēh} and tiqqach {תִקַּח | tiq·kāḥ}, framing parallel prohibitions. The Piel forms in tegalleh and the infinitive legalot {לְגַלּוֹת | lə·gal·lôt} emphasize intentional action. The clause sha-arah henna {שַׁאֲרָה הֵנָּה | sha·ʿā·rāh hēn·nāh} provides the familial rationale, and the emphatic zimmah hi {זִמָּה הִוא | zim·māh hīʾ} delivers a moral judgment. The English rendering preserves the series of prohibitions through repetition and parallel structure. |