| 3. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the jussive form yizkor {יִזְכֹּר | yiz-kôr} ‘may he remember’, establishing a petitionary tone. The construct phrase kol minchotecha {כָּל־מִנְחֹתֶךָ | kôl min-ḥō-tê-kha} ‘all your offerings’ expresses the totality of sacrifices presented. The conjunction ve-olatkha {וְעוֹלָתְךָ | wə-ʿō-lat-kha} ‘and your burnt offering’ parallels the first object, maintaining synonymous parallelism. The second jussive yedashneh {יְדַשְּׁנֶה | yə-ḏaš-šē-neh} intensifies the plea, asking that the act be accepted. Selah {סֶּלָה | sĕ-lāh} functions as a liturgical pause. In English both jussive verbs are rendered with “may” to preserve the prayerful request, and the Hebrew construct chains are conveyed through possessive phrasing. |