| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the disjunctive conjunction o {א֤וֹ | ʾō} ‘or’, presenting an alternative sacrificial regulation. The preposition la’ayil {לָאַ֙יִל֙ | lā-ʾāyil} ‘for a ram’ marks the intended animal. The Qal imperfect ta’aseh {תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה | taʿaśśeh} functions as a jussive to convey divine instruction “you shall prepare.” The construct chain minchah solet {מִנְחָה סֹלֶת | minḥāh ṣōleṯ} ‘grain offering of fine flour’ specifies the offering, quantified by the dual construct shnei esronim {שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים | šənê ʿeśrōnîm} ‘two tenths’, followed by the Pual participle belulah {בְּלוּלָ֥ה | bəlulāh} ‘mixed’ and the prepositional phrase baššēmen {בַשֶּׁמֶן | baššēmen} ‘with oil’. The ordinal shelishit hahin {שְׁלִשִׁית הַהִין | šəlîšît ha-hîn} ‘third the hin’ completes the precise measurement schema typical of priestly formulas. The English rendering mirrors Hebrew order while clarifying technical measures. |