| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with uvat kohen {וּבַת־כֹּהֵן | ū-vat kō-hēn} ‘and a daughter of a priest,’ establishing a construct chain that marks her familial status. The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a conditional clause, and the Qal imperfect tihyeh {תִהְיֶה | tī-hyēh} ‘she becomes’ signals entry into a new social state. Leish zar {לְאִישׁ זָר | lə-ʾîš zār} ‘to a man foreign’ specifies marriage outside the priestly line. The emphatic pronoun hi {הִוא | hūʾ} reiterates the subject. The construct bitrumat hakkodashim {בִּתְרוּמַת הַקֳּדָשִׁים | bi-trû-māṯ hă-qō-ḏā-šîm} ‘contribution of the holy things’ uses a dual construct to refer to sacred offerings reserved for priests. The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} with the imperfect tochel {תֹאכֵל | tō-ḵēl} ‘she shall eat’ expresses a binding prohibition. In English, the VSO order shifts to conditional SVO for clarity and idiomatic flow. |