וְקָלִ֨י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְקָלִ֨י

   ve-ka-LI

   and parched grain
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֶחֶם֩ וְקָלִ֨י וְכַרְמֶ֜ל

   ve-LE-khem ve-ka-LI ve-khar-MEL

   and bread and parched grain and fresh grain
3. clause🔊 וְלֶחֶם֩ וְקָלִ֨י וְכַרְמֶ֜ל לֹ֣א תֹֽאכְל֗וּ עַד־עֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה עַ֚ד הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־קָרְבַּ֖ן אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם

   ve-LE-khem ve-ka-LI ve-khar-MEL LO to-akh-LU ad-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH AD ha-vi-a-KHEM et-kor-BAN e-lo-HE-khem

   not eat and bread and parched grain and fresh grain right up to the day this until your bringing offering of your God
4. sentence🔊 וְלֶחֶם֩ וְקָלִ֨י וְכַרְמֶ֜ל לֹ֣א תֹֽאכְל֗וּ עַד־עֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה עַ֚ד הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־קָרְבַּ֖ן אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

   ve-LE-khem ve-ka-LI ve-khar-MEL LO to-akh-LU ad-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH AD ha-vi-a-KHEM et-kor-BAN e-lo-HE-khem khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TE-khem be-KHOL mo-shvo-TE-khem

   not eat and bread and parched grain and fresh grain right up to the day this until your bringing offering of your God statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings

Exegesis

The verse opens with a triadic series linked by conjunction vav, listing the prohibited items velechem {וְלֶחֶם֩ | wə-lé-ḥê-m} ‘bread’, veqali {וְקָלִ֨י | wə-qā-lî} ‘roasted grain’, and vekarmel {וְכַרְמֶ֜ל | wə-kha-rə-mél} ‘fresh grain’ as cumulative objects of the prohibition.