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וּמַדֹּתֶ֞ם מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֗יר אֶת־פְּאַת־קֵ֣דְמָה אַלְפַּ֪יִם בָּֽאַמָּ֟ה וְאֶת־פְּאַת־נֶגֶב֩ אַלְפַּ֨יִם בָּאַמָּ֜ה וְאֶת־פְּאַת־יָ֣ם אַלְפַּ֣יִם בָּֽאַמָּ֗ה וְאֵ֨ת פְּאַ֥ת צָפֹ֛ון אַלְפַּ֥יִם בָּאַמָּ֖ה וְהָעִ֣יר בַּתָּ֑וֶךְ זֶ֚ה יִהְיֶ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם מִגְרְשֵׁ֖י הֶעָרִֽים׃ (Numbers 35:5) Introductory Verb: Imperative Structure and Plural Address וּמַדֹּתֶ֞ם מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֗יר “And you shall measure from outside the city…” The root מ־ד־ד appears in the Piel conjugation here: וּמַדֹּתֶם (“you shall measure”). It is a 2nd person masculine plural perfect form used modally as a command. The syntax is simple but significant—this is a legislative directive to a collective audience, likely the Levitical community or Israelite leadership.… Learn Hebrew