| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zēh} ‘this,’ marking a priestly ordinance. It follows with the verbal decree yihyeh {יִהְיֶה | yihyēh} ‘shall be,’ establishing an authoritative assignment. The construct phrase miqqodesh haqodashim {מִקֹּדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים | miqqōdeš haq-qōdāšîm} ‘from the most holy things’ specifies the highest sacrificial category. The repeated kol-… pattern (kol-qorbanam, lə-kol-minḥāṭām, ûlə-kol-ḥaṭāʾōtām, ûlə-kol-’ašāmām) forms a cumulative list encompassing all offering types. The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘which’ with yashivu li {יָשִׁיבוּ לִי | yāšîḇū lî} ‘they bring to me’ restricts these offerings to those presented to God. The doubling kodesh qadashim {קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים | qōdeš qāḏāšîm} ‘holy of holies’ intensifies sanctity. The final prepositional phrase lə-kha ûlē-vanêka {לְךָ וּלְבָנֶיךָ | lə-kha ūlē-vanêkhā} ‘for you and for your sons’ designates hereditary entitlement, reflected in English by a parallel series preserving the Hebrew cumulative and intensifying structures. |