| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive + Piel perfect vetsiviti {וְצִוִּ֤יתִי | wə-ṣîwwîtî} ‘and I will command’, highlighting the divine initiative. The particle et {אֶת | ʾet} introduces the direct object birchati {בִּרְכָתִי | birĕḵātî} ‘my blessing’, with the 1cs suffix marking possession. Lachem {לָכֶם | lā-ḵem} ‘for you’ specifies the recipients. The temporal frame is set by bashanah {בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה | ba-šānā} ‘in the year’ combined with hashishit {הַשִּׁשִּׁית | ha-šîšît} ‘the sixth’. The second clause’s vav-consecutive + Qal perfect ve-asat {וְעָשָׂת֙ | wə-ʿāśāt} ‘and it will produce’ uses feminine agreement to point to the land as the implied subject. The object marker et introduces hatevuah {הַתְּבוּאָ֔ה | hattĕḇūʾāh} ‘the produce’, and the phrase lishlosh hashanim {לִשְׁלֹשׁ הַשָּׁנִֽים | li-šlōš ha-šanîm} ‘for three years’ marks duration. The compact Hebrew sequence of divine command followed by agricultural outcome is rendered in two balanced clauses to preserve emphasis and clarity. |