| 3. Linguistic Exegesis The verse presents a catalog of offerings linked by o {אוֹ | ō} ‘or’, enumerating olah {עֹלָה | ʿō-lāh} ‘burnt-offering’, zevaḥ {זֶבַח | zē·ḥaḥ} ‘sacrifice’, le-pallēʾ-nēder {לְפַלֵּא־נֶדֶר | le-pallēʾ-nē-der} ‘for fulfilling a vow’, bindāvāh {בִנְדָבָה | bin-dā-vāh} ‘freewill offering’, and those in be-moʿadeikhem {בְּמֹעֲדֵיכֶם | bə-mō·ʿă-day-ḵem} ‘your appointed times’. The infinitive la-ʿăśōt {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-śōt} functions as a purpose/result marker, yielding rēyaḥ nīḥōaḥ {רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | rē·yaḥ nī·ḥō·āḥ} ‘pleasing aroma’. Prepositional phrases min-ha-bāqar {מִן־הַבָּקָר | min-ha-bā-qār} and min-ha-ṣōʾān {מִן־הַצֹּאן | min-ha-ṣō·ʾān} specify permissible animal sources. English translation maintains the Hebrew parallelism and shifts the infinitive into a subordinate clause to reflect purpose/result structure in English. |