| 32. Linguistic Exegesis The verse employs a vav-consecutive series beginning with ve-ammudei {וְעַמּוּדֵי֩ | wə-ʿammûdê} ‘and the pillars’ modifying the construct noun hechatzar {הֶחָצֵר | he-ḥā-ṣêr} ‘the courtyard’, followed by the adverb saviv {סָבִ֜יב | sā-vîḇ} ‘surrounding’ to highlight the enclosure’s perimeter. Possessive suffixes on ve-adnehem {וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֗ם | wə-ʾadnê-hêm} ‘and their bases’, vi-tedotam {וִֽיתֵדֹתָם֙ | viy-te-dô-tām} ‘and their pegs’, and u-meitrehem {וּמֵ֣יתְרֵיהֶ֔ם | wǝ-mê-ṭê-rê-hêm} ‘and their cords’ establish ownership. The parallel prepositional phrases le-kol-keleyhem {לְכָל־כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם | lə-ḵōl kᵊ-lê-hêm} ‘for all their equipment’ and u-le-kol avodatam {וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָם֑ | u-lə-ḵōl ʿa-vō-dā-tām} ‘and for all their service’ frame the scope of use. The Piel imperfect tipkedu {תִּפְקְדוּ | tip-pe-qe-dû} ‘you shall assign’ expresses the administrative command, and the genitival chain et-klei mishmeret massaam {אֶת־כְּלֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם | ʾet-kᵊ-lê miš-mê-rêṯ mas-sā-’ām} ‘the equipment of the responsibility of their burden’ specifies the precise allocation of burdens within the tabernacle service. |