Grammar of Offering: Enumerative Syntax and Appositional Closure
וּלְזֶ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֮ בָּקָ֣ר שְׁנַיִם֒ אֵילִ֤ם חֲמִשָּׁה֙ עַתֻּדִ֣ים חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה כְּבָשִׂ֥ים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָ֖ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה זֶ֛ה קָרְבַּ֥ן אֱלִיאָ֖ב בֶּן־חֵלֹֽן׃ (Numbers 7:29) And for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old—this was the offering of Eli’av son of Ḥelon. Syntax as Sacred Inventory Numbers 7 is among the most repetitive…