| 14. Linguistic 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. The negative particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} precedes the Qal imperfect verb toakhelu {תֹאכְל֗וּ | tō-ʾă-khə-lû} ‘you will eat’, forming a statutory prohibition. The temporal limit is set by ad-etsem hayom hazzeh {עַד־עֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה | ʿad-ʿé-tsem ha-yôm ha-zzeh} ‘until this very day’, where the emphatic noun etsem intensifies specificity. A second prepositional ad with the Hiphil infinitive construct haviakhem {הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם | ḥă-vî-ʾă-khem} ‘to bring you’ plus the object etkorban eloheikhem {אֶת־קָרְבַּ֖ן אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם | ʾet-qār-bān ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem} ‘the offering of your God’ establishes the condition for lifting the prohibition. The construct chain chukat olam ledorotekhem bekhol moshvotekhem {חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם | ḥuq-qat ʿō-lām le-dō-rō-tê-ḵem bə-khōl mō-šō-ḇā-tê-ḵem} ‘a statute forever for your generations in all your dwelling places’ extends the mandate across time and space. The English preserves the legal register and mirrors the dual ad clauses to reflect the Hebrew structure. |