| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew verse begins with the verb wayyedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר | wayyəḏabbēr} in the Piel imperfect with a vav consecutive, setting an authoritative narrative frame. Next the divine subject Yahweh {יְהוָ֖ה | Yəhōwāh} is explicitly marked. The prepositional phrase el-mosheh {אֶל-מֹשֶׁ֥ה | ʾel-mōšeh} identifies the human recipient, and the infinitive construct leʾmor {לֵּאמֹֽר | lēʾmôr} functions as a discourse marker introducing God’s subsequent instructions. English rendering preserves the temporal and speaker-focus structure of the Hebrew while smoothing word order for natural readability. |