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Coordinated Spatial Phrases with Prepositional Ellipsis in Priestly Procedures

וְלָקַ֨ח הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִדַּ֣ם הַחַטָּ֗את וְנָתַן֙ אֶל־מְזוּזַ֣ת הַבַּ֔יִת וְאֶל־אַרְבַּ֛ע פִּנֹּ֥ות הָעֲזָרָ֖ה לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וְעַ֨ל־מְזוּזַ֔ת שַׁ֖עַר הֶחָצֵ֥ר הַפְּנִימִֽית׃ (Ezekiel 45:19) And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorpost of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court. Ezekiel 45:19 details a priestly ritual involving the application of blood during purification. The verse features a sequence of coordinated prepositional phrases, most of which begin with אֶל־ (“to/onto”), though one is introduced with עַל־.… Learn Hebrew
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