| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The instruction begins with kamispar {כַּמִּסְפָּ֖ר | ka-mis-pār} ‘according to the number’, setting a quantitative framework. This is followed by the repeated imperfect verb ta‘ăšu {תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ | ta‘a-šû} ‘you will do’, which underscores precise repetition. The demonstrative kākāh {כָּ֛כָה | kâ-kāh} ‘thus’ signals exact correspondence. The distributive prepositional phrase lā’ēḥâd {לָאֶחָ֖ד | lā-’e-ḥâd} ‘for one’ marks individual allocation, and kĕmispārām {כְּמִסְפָּרָֽם | ke-mis-pār-ām} ‘according to their number’ binds each individual to the total count. English mirrors this Hebrew parallelism by repeating the structure and maintaining the distributive syntax. |