ࠅࠉࠄࠉ ࠔࠌ ࠀࠇࠓࠉ ࠄࠅࠋࠉࠃࠅ ࠀࠕ ࠀࠓࠐࠊࠔࠃ ࠇࠌࠔ ࠌࠀࠅࠕ ࠔࠍࠄ ࠅࠉࠅࠋࠃ ࠁࠍࠉࠌ ࠅࠁࠍࠅࠕ ࠅࠉࠄࠉࠅ ࠊࠋ ࠉࠌࠉ ࠔࠌ ࠔࠔ ࠌࠀࠅࠕ ࠔࠍࠄ ࠅࠉࠌࠕ
Gen 11:11 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויחי שם אחרי הולידו את ארפכשד חמש מאות שנה ויולד בנים ובנות ויהיו כל ימי שם שש מאות שנה וימת
Gen 11:11 [Masoretic Text]
וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הֹולִידֹ֣ו אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ות שָׁנָ֑ה וַיֹּ֥ולֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֹֽות׃ ס
And Shem lived after he fathered Arpakhshad five hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ויחי | ࠅࠉࠄࠉ | And he lived |
| 2 | שם | ࠔࠌ | Shem |
| 3 | אחרי | ࠀࠇࠓࠉ | after |
| 4 | הולידו | ࠄࠅࠋࠉࠃࠅ | he fathered |
| 5 | את | ࠀࠕ | (direct object marker) |
| 6 | ארפכשד | ࠀࠓࠐࠊࠔࠃ | Arpachshad |
| 7 | חמש | ࠇࠌࠔ | five |
| 8 | מאות | ࠌࠀࠅࠕ | hundreds |
| 9 | שנה | ࠔࠍࠄ | year |
| 10 | ויולד | ࠅࠉࠅࠋࠃ | and he fathered |
| 11 | בנים | ࠁࠍࠉࠌ | sons |
| 12 | ובנות | ࠅࠁࠍࠅࠕ | and daughters |
| 13 | ויהיו | ࠅࠉࠄࠉࠅ | and they were |
| 14 | כל | ࠊࠋ | all |
| 15 | ימי | ࠉࠌࠉ | the days |
| 16 | שם | ࠔࠌ | of Shem |
| 17 | שש | ࠔࠔ | six |
| 18 | מאות | ࠌࠀࠅࠕ | hundreds |
| 19 | שנה | ࠔࠍࠄ | year |
| 20 | וימת | ࠅࠉࠌࠕ | and he died |
Morphology
- וַֽיְחִי־ (wayḥi) – Root: חיה (ḥ-y-h); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (and he lived); Translation: “And he lived”; Notes: Introduces the duration of Shem’s life post-childbirth.
- שֵׁ֗ם (Šēm) – Root: שם (š-m); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Shem”; Notes: Subject of the sentence.
- אַֽחֲרֵי֙ (ʾaḥarê) – Root: אחר (ʾ-ḥ-r); Form: Preposition; Translation: “after”; Notes: Marks the time after the specified event.
- הֹולִידֹ֣ו (holīḏō) – Root: ילד (y-l-d); Form: Hifil infinitive construct with pronominal suffix (him); Translation: “he fathered”; Notes: Refers to the begetting of Arpakhshad.
- אֶת־ (ʾeṯ) – Form: Direct object marker; Notes: Marks Arpakhshad as the object of the verb.
- אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֔ד (Arpakhshad) – Root: Proper noun; Translation: “Arpakhshad”; Notes: Name of Shem’s son.
- חֲמֵ֥שׁ (ḥămeš) – Root: חמש (ḥ-m-š); Form: Number, cardinal feminine singular; Translation: “five”; Notes: Part of the total years of Shem’s life.
- מֵאֹ֖ות (mēʾōṯ) – Root: מאה (m-ʾ-h); Form: Noun plural feminine construct; Translation: “hundreds”; Notes: Completes the numerical expression.
- שָׁנָ֑ה (šānāh) – Root: שנה (š-n-h); Form: Noun singular feminine absolute; Translation: “years”; Notes: Indicates the duration in years.
- וַיֹּ֥ולֶד (wayyōleḏ) – Root: ילד (y-l-d); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (and he fathered); Translation: “and he fathered”; Notes: Describes Shem’s action of having more children.
- בָּנִ֖ים (bānīm) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Noun plural masculine absolute; Translation: “sons”; Notes: Indicates male offspring.
- וּבָנֹֽות (ūḇānōṯ) – Root: בת (b-t); Form: Noun plural feminine absolute; Translation: “and daughters”; Notes: Indicates female offspring.