| 20. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the construct chain reishit {רֵאשִׁית֙ | rēʾšîṯ} ‘first portion’ and arisotekhem {עֲרִסֹתֵכֶ֔ם | ʿărîšôtêḵem} ‘of your doughs’, marking the selection of the initial yield. The noun challah {חַלָּ֖ה | ḥallâh} ‘loaf’ serves as the direct object of the hiphil verb tarimu {תָּרִ֣ימוּ | ṯārîmû} ‘lift up/offer’, functioning as a jussive command. Terumah {תְרוּמָ֑ה | tə-rûmâh} ‘offering’ is the technical cultic term, and kitrumat {כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת | kittərûmaṯ} ‘as-offering’ uses kaph to draw an analogy to the threshing floor goren {גֹּרֶן | gôren} ‘threshing floor’. The adverb ken {כֵּ֖ן | kēn} ‘so’ introduces a comparative clause, resumed by the repeated verb tarimu {תָּרִ֥ימוּ | ṯārîmû} and the object marker otah {אֹתָֽהּ׃ | ʾōṯâh} ‘it’. The parallelism and repetition reinforce the ritual pattern and the sanctity of the firstfruits offering. |