| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The command begins with the vav-consecutive usefartem {וּסְפַרְתֶּם | ū-sə-pār-tem} moving the narrative forward, with lakhem {לָכֶם | lā-khem} marking communal responsibility. The temporal clause mimmakhorat hashabbat {מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת | mim-mā-ḥō-rat ha-šab-bāt} defines the starting marker, while miyom haviʾakhem et-ʿōmer hattenupah {מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם אֶת־עֹמֶר הַתְּנוּפָה | mī-yom ḥă-vī-ʾa-khem ʾeṯ ʿō-mer ha-tə-nū-pāh} links the ritual offering to its timing. The main clause ševaʿ šabbatōt temīmōt tihyēnāh {שֶׁבַע שַׁבָּת֖וֹת תְּמִימֹת תִּהְיֶינָה | šē-vaʿ šab-bā-tōt tə-mī-mōt tī-hyē-nāh} emphasizes completion and ritual purity through adjective agreement and the postpositive verb. English structure preserves Hebrew order and highlights the participatory nature of counting, the link between worship and time, and the concept of wholeness. |