| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The vav-consecutive vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it shall be’ introduces a legal-status clause with hasadeh {הַשָּׂדֶה | ha-sā-deh} ‘the field’ as subject. The temporal phrase betseto bayovel {בְּצֵאתוֹ בַּיֹּבֵל | bə-ṣê-ṯô ba-yō-ḇêl} ‘in its going out in the Jubilee’ functions as a subordinate time clause. The predicate kodesh laYHWH {קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה | qō-ḏeš la-Yahweh} ‘holy to the LORD’ marks a new sacred status. The comparative clause kisde hacherem {כִּשְׂדֵה הַחֵרֶם | ki-śə-ḏê ha-ḥê-rem} ‘like the ban/dedicated thing’ provides an analogy to cherem. The concluding clause laKohen tihyeh achuzzato {לַכֹּהֵן תִּהְיֶה אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ | la-kō-hên ti-hyêh ʾa-ḥu-zzā-tô} ‘to the priest it shall be his possession’ expresses the legal transfer of ownership. English syntax closely mirrors the Hebrew sequence, clarifying the shift from release to consecration to inheritance. |