ࠅࠉࠒࠓࠀ ࠀࠋࠄࠉࠌ ࠋࠓࠒࠉࠏ ࠔࠌࠉࠌ ࠅࠉࠄࠉ ࠏࠓࠁ ࠅࠉࠄࠉ ࠁࠒࠓ ࠉࠅࠌ ࠔࠍࠉ
Gen 1:8 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויקרא אלהים לרקיע שמים ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום שני׃
Gen 1:8 [Masoretic Text]
וַיִּקְרָ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ שָׁמָ֑יִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר יֹ֥ום שֵׁנִֽי׃ פ
Gen 1:8 [Samaritan Targum]
וזעק אלהה לקפאיה שומיה והוה רמש והוה צפר יומה תנינה:
And God called the expanse ‘heavens,’ and there was evening, and there was morning, the second day.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ויקרא | ࠅࠉࠒࠓࠀ | And He called |
| 2 | אלהים | ࠀࠋࠄࠉࠌ | God |
| 3 | לרקיע | ࠋࠓࠒࠉࠏ | To the expanse |
| 4 | שמים | ࠔࠌࠉࠌ | Heavens |
| 5 | ויהי | ࠅࠉࠄࠉ | And there was |
| 6 | ערב | ࠏࠓࠁ | Evening |
| 7 | ויהי | ࠅࠉࠄࠉ | And there was |
| 8 | בקר | ࠁࠒࠓ | Morning |
| 9 | יום | ࠉࠅࠌ | Day |
| 10 | שני | ࠔࠍࠉ | Second |
Morphology
- וַיִּקְרָ֧א (vayyiqra) – Root: קרא (q-r-ʾ); Form: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3ms, with vav consecutive; Translation: “And He called”; Notes: Indicates naming by Elohim.
- אֱלֹהִ֛ים (Elohim) – Root: אלה (ʾ-l-h); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “Elohim”; Notes: Subject of the verb.
- לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ (larakiaʿ) – Root: רקע (r-q-ʿ); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article and preposition; Translation: “the expanse”; Notes: The object being named.
- שָׁמָ֑יִם (shamayim) – Root: שׁמי (sh-m-y); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “heavens”; Notes: Name given to the expanse.
- וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב (vayehi-ʿerev) – Root: היה (h-y-h); Form: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3ms, with vav consecutive; Translation: “and it was evening”; Notes: Indicates the transition to evening.
- וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר (vayehi-boqer) – Root: היה (h-y-h); Form: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3ms, with vav consecutive; Translation: “and it was morning”; Notes: Marks the end of the creative day’s cycle.
- יֹ֥ום (yom) – Root: יום (y-w-m); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “day”; Notes: Specifies the creative day.
- שֵׁנִֽי (sheni) – Root: שׁנה (sh-n-y); Form: Adjective, masculine singular; Translation: “second”; Notes: Describes the ordinal position of the day.
Critical Apparatus :
Samaritan Pentateuch
von Gall 1:8