| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative opens with the prefixed conjunction in vekhol {וְכָל־ | wə-ḵōl} joining kol ‘all’ to Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | Yə-hū-dāh}, marking collective action. The verb hevi’u {הֵבִיאוּ | hē-vî-ʾū}, Hiphil perfect third person masculine plural, indicates a completed communal offering. The noun ma’asar {מַעְשַׂר | maʿ-sar} functions as the direct object with a list of items linked by vav-conjunctions: hadagan {הַדָּגָן | ha-dā-gān}, vehatirosh {וְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁ | wə-hat-tî-rôš}, and vehayitshar {וְהַיִּצְהָ֖ר | wə-hay-yîṣ-ḥār}. The final prepositional phrase laotzarot {לָאוֹצָרֽוֹת | lā-ʾō-ṣā-rōt} expresses directionality with lamed. The Hebrew enumeration emphasizes collective faithfulness by cumulative listing, a pattern preserved in the English translation. |