| 25. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the temporal marker uvashanah {וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה | ū-vaš-ša-nāh} ‘and in the year’, followed by the ordinal adjective ha-chamishit {הַחֲמִישִׁ֗ת | ha-ḥă-mî-šîṯ} ‘the fifth’, framing the fifth agricultural cycle. The Qal imperfect toakhlu {תֹּאכְלוּ | tōʾăḵ-lū} expresses a communal action, while the direct object marker et- {אֶת־ | ʾet-} introduces piryō {פִּרְי֔וֹ | pîr-yō} ‘its fruit’. The Hiphil infinitive construct lehosef {לְהוֹסִ֥יף | lə-hō-sîp̄} plus the complement tevu’ātō {תְּבוּאָת֑וֹ | tə-vū-ʾā-tō} forms a purpose clause ‘to increase its yield for you’. The independent pronoun ʾănî {אֲנִי | ʾănî} precedes the copular self-identification of Yəhōwāh Eloheikhem {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | Yəhōwāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kem}, highlighting divine authority and covenant relationship. |