| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Piel imperfect vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר | və-yĕ-dab-bēr} ‘and-he-spoke’, a narrative marker that advances past action while the Piel stem intensifies the divine utterance. The subject Yahweh {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ follows the verb in Verb-Subject order, foregrounding the divine agent. The prepositional phrase el-Mosheh {אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה | ʾel mō-šē} ‘to-Moses’ marks the indirect object and mediator. Finally, the infinitive construct leʾemor {לֵּאמֹֽר | le-ʾā-mor} ‘saying’ introduces direct divine discourse, a standard Torah speech-introduction formula that signals the forthcoming liturgical and legal instructions in Leviticus 23. |