תּוֹשַׁ֥ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תּוֹשַׁ֥ב

   to-SHAV

   resident of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 תּוֹשַׁ֥ב כֹּהֵ֛ן

   to-SHAV ko-HEN

   resident of the priest
3. clause🔊 תּוֹשַׁ֥ב כֹּהֵ֛ן וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

   to-SHAV ko-HEN veh-sa-KHIR loh-YO-khal KO-desh

   resident of the priest or the hired worker not eat holy thing
4. sentence🔊 וְכָל־זָ֖ר לֹא־יֹ֣אכַל קֹ֑דֶשׁ תּוֹשַׁ֥ב כֹּהֵ֛ן וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

   veh-kol-ZAR loh-YO-khal KO-desh to-SHAV ko-HEN veh-sa-KHIR loh-YO-khal KO-desh

   and every outsider not eat holy thing resident of the priest or the hired worker not eat holy thing

Exegesis

In the parallel clause, tôšāḇ-kōhēn {תּוֹשַׁ֥ב כֹּהֵ֛ן | tô-šā-ḇ kō-hê-n} ‘sojourner of a priest’ in construct denotes a resident alien under priestly care, coordinated with wə-sā-ḵîr {וְשָׂכִ֖יר | wə-sā-ḵîr} ‘and hired laborer’. The repetition of lō-yō-ʾăkhal and kodesh reinforces the absolute nature of the ban. Hebrew parallelism contrasts cultic status and proximity, while English merges repeated elements for clarity but retains structural balance.