| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The universal quantifier kol {כֹּל | kôl} ‘all, every’ frames an absolute prohibition. The Piel participle hakkarev {הַקָּרֵב | haqqārêv} ‘the one who approaches’ denotes unauthorized movement toward mishkan {מִשְׁכַּן | miš-kān} ‘tabernacle,’ connected in construct to Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhō-wāh} ‘the LORD.’ The verb yamut {יָמוּת | yāmūt} ‘will die’ delivers a divine penalty. The interrogative particle ha’im {הַאִם | ha-ʾim} ‘is it that?’ introduces a climactic question with the perfect tamnu {תַּמְנוּ | tamnû} ‘we have come to our end’ and infinitive ligvoa {לִגְוֹעַ | li-gə-ō-ʿa} ‘to die,’ reflecting Hebrew emphasis through repetition and crescendo. |