ࠅࠁࠕࠅࠀࠋ ࠄࠅࠋࠉࠃ ࠀࠕ ࠓࠁࠒࠄ ࠔࠌࠍࠄ ࠀࠋࠄ ࠉࠋࠃࠄ ࠌࠋࠊࠄ ࠋࠍࠇࠅࠓ ࠀࠇࠉ ࠀࠁࠓࠄࠌ
Gen 22:23 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ובתואל הוליד את רבקה שמנה אלה ילדה מלכה לנחור אחי אברהם
Gen 22:23 [Masoretic Text]
וּבְתוּאֵ֖ל יָלַ֣ד אֶת־רִבְקָ֑ה שְׁמֹנָ֥ה אֵ֨לֶּה֙ יָלְדָ֣ה מִלְכָּ֔ה לְנָחֹ֖ור אֲחִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם׃
And Bethuel fathered Rivqa. These eight Milka bore to Naḥor, the brother of Avraham.
Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ובתואל | ࠅࠁࠕࠅࠀࠋ | And Bethuel |
2 | הוליד | ࠄࠅࠋࠉࠃ | negat |
3 | את | ࠀࠕ | (direct object marker) |
4 | רבקה | ࠓࠁࠒࠄ | Rebekah |
5 | שמנה | ࠔࠌࠍࠄ | eight |
6 | אלה | ࠀࠋࠄ | these |
7 | ילדה | ࠉࠋࠃࠄ | bore |
8 | מלכה | ࠌࠋࠊࠄ | Milcah |
9 | לנחור | ࠋࠍࠇࠅࠓ | to Nahor |
10 | אחי | ࠀࠇࠉ | the brother of |
11 | אברהם | ࠀࠁࠓࠄࠌ | Abraham |
Morphology
- וּבְתוּאֵ֖ל (uBetuel) – Root: בתואל (b-t-w-ʾ-l); Form: Proper noun with conjunction; Translation: “and Bethuel”; Notes: Refers to one of Naḥor’s sons.
- יָלַ֣ד (yalad) – Root: ילד (y-l-d); Form: Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3ms; Translation: “he fathered”; Notes: Indicates that Bethuel fathered Rivqah.
- אֶת־רִבְקָ֑ה (et-Rivqah) – Root: רבקה (r-v-q-h); Form: Proper noun with direct object marker; Translation: “Rivqah”; Notes: Refers to Rebekah, later the wife of Yitsḥaq.
- שְׁמֹנָ֥ה (shemona) – Root: שמונה (sh-m-n-h); Form: Numeral, masculine singular; Translation: “eight”; Notes: Refers to the number of sons Milkah bore.
- אֵ֨לֶּה֙ (elleh) – Root: אלה (ʾ-l-h); Form: Demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural; Translation: “these”; Notes: Refers to the eight sons.
- יָלְדָ֣ה (yaldah) – Root: ילד (y-l-d); Form: Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3fs; Translation: “she bore”; Notes: Refers to Milkah giving birth.
- מִלְכָּ֔ה (Milkah) – Root: מלכ (m-l-k); Form: Proper noun, feminine singular; Translation: “Milkah”; Notes: Refers to Naḥor’s wife.
- לְנָחֹ֖ור (leNaḥor) – Root: נחור (n-ḥ-w-r); Form: Proper noun with preposition; Translation: “to Naḥor”; Notes: Indicates Milkah’s relationship to Naḥor.
- אֲחִ֥י (aḥi) – Root: אח (ʾ-ḥ); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “the brother of”; Notes: Indicates familial connection.
- אַבְרָהָֽם (Avraham) – Root: אברהם (ʾ-v-r-h-m); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Avraham”; Notes: Identifies Naḥor’s relationship to Avraham.