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Introduction to Numbers 28:31 This verse concludes instructions for daily offerings during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, referring to the regular burnt offering (עֹלַת הַתָּמִיד), its grain offering, and drink offerings. What stands out grammatically is the clause: תְּמִימִ֥ם יִהְיוּ־לָכֶ֖ם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶֽם. This clause contains an unusual subject–predicate structure, where a plural predicate precedes its compound and somewhat elliptical subject, linked by conjunction. This lesson examines how Biblical Hebrew handles subject-predicate agreement in coordinated noun phrases, particularly when the subject follows and is distributed between multiple noun elements.… Learn Hebrew