ࠅࠉࠄࠉ ࠏࠁࠓ ࠀࠇࠓࠉ ࠄࠅࠋࠉࠃࠅ ࠀࠕ ࠐࠋࠂ ࠔࠁࠏࠉࠌ ࠔࠍࠄ ࠅࠌࠀࠕࠉࠌ ࠔࠍࠄ ࠅࠉࠅࠋࠃ ࠁࠍࠉࠌ ࠅࠁࠍࠅࠕ ࠅࠉࠄࠉࠅ ࠊࠋ ࠉࠌࠉ ࠏࠁࠓ ࠀࠓࠁࠏ ࠔࠍࠉࠌ ࠅࠀࠓࠁࠏ ࠌࠀࠅࠕ ࠔࠍࠄ ࠅࠉࠌࠕ
Gen 11:17 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויחי עבר אחרי הולידו את פלג שבעים שנה ומאתים שנה ויולד בנים ובנות ויהיו כל ימי עבר ארבע שנים וארבע מאות שנה וימת׃
Gen 11:17 [Masoretic Text]
וַֽיְחִי־עֵ֗בֶר אַחֲרֵי֙ הֹולִידֹ֣ו אֶת־פֶּ֔לֶג שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֹ֖ות שָׁנָ֑ה וַיֹּ֥ולֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֹֽות׃ ס
And ʿEver lived after he fathered Peleg thirty years and four hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ויחי | ࠅࠉࠄࠉ | And he lived |
| 2 | עבר | ࠏࠁࠓ | Eber |
| 3 | אחרי | ࠀࠇࠓࠉ | after |
| 4 | הולידו | ࠄࠅࠋࠉࠃࠅ | he fathered |
| 5 | את | ࠀࠕ | (direct object marker) |
| 6 | פלג | ࠐࠋࠂ | Peleg |
| 7 | שבעים | ࠔࠁࠏࠉࠌ | seventy |
| 8 | שנה | ࠔࠍࠄ | year |
| 9 | ומאתים | ࠅࠌࠀࠕࠉࠌ | and two hundred |
| 10 | שנה | ࠔࠍࠄ | year |
| 11 | ויולד | ࠅࠉࠅࠋࠃ | and he fathered |
| 12 | בנים | ࠁࠍࠉࠌ | sons |
| 13 | ובנות | ࠅࠁࠍࠅࠕ | and daughters |
| 14 | ויהיו | ࠅࠉࠄࠉࠅ | and they were |
| 15 | כל | ࠊࠋ | all |
| 16 | ימי | ࠉࠌࠉ | the days of |
| 17 | עבר | ࠏࠁࠓ | Eber |
| 18 | ארבע | ࠀࠓࠁࠏ | four |
| 19 | שנים | ࠔࠍࠉࠌ | years |
| 20 | וארבע | ࠅࠀࠓࠁࠏ | and four |
| 21 | מאות | ࠌࠀࠅࠕ | hundreds |
| 22 | שנה | ࠔࠍࠄ | year |
| 23 | וימת | ࠅࠉࠌࠕ | and he died |
Morphology
- וַֽיְחִי־ (wayəḥi) – Root: חיה (ḥ-y-h); Form: Qal wayyiqtol third person masculine singular; Translation: “And he lived”; Notes: Refers to the lifespan of ʿEver.
- עֵ֗בֶר (ʿEver) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Singular masculine noun; Translation: “ʿEver”; Notes: Subject of the sentence.
- אַחֲרֵי֙ (ʾaḥarei) – Root: אחר (ʾ-ḥ-r); Form: Preposition; Translation: “after”; Notes: Introduces the temporal clause.
- הֹולִידֹ֣ו (hōlido) – Root: ילד (y-l-d); Form: Hifil infinitive construct with third person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “he fathered”; Notes: Refers to the birth of Peleg.
- אֶת־ (ʾeṯ) – Form: Direct object marker; Notes: Marks Peleg as the direct object.
- פֶּ֔לֶג (Peleg) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Singular masculine noun; Translation: “Peleg”; Notes: Name of the son.
- שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים (šəlošīm) – Root: שלש (š-l-š); Form: Cardinal number, plural masculine; Translation: “thirty”; Notes: Indicates the first numerical component of the years.
- שָׁנָ֔ה (šānāh) – Root: שנה (š-n-h); Form: Singular feminine noun; Translation: “years”; Notes: Unit of time.
- וְאַרְבַּ֥ע (wəʾarbaʿ) – Root: ארבע (ʾ-r-b-ʿ); Form: Cardinal number, singular masculine; Translation: “and four”; Notes: Adds to the total years.
- מֵאֹ֖ות (məʾōt) – Root: מאה (m-ʾ-h); Form: Cardinal number, plural feminine; Translation: “hundred”; Notes: Completes the numerical reference.
- וַיֹּ֥ולֶד (wayyōleḏ) – Root: ילד (y-l-d); Form: Qal wayyiqtol third person masculine singular; Translation: “and he fathered”; Notes: Refers to the continued procreation of sons and daughters.
- בָּנִ֖ים (bānīm) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Plural masculine noun; Translation: “sons”; Notes: Refers to male offspring.
- וּבָנֹֽות (ūbānōt) – Root: בת (b-t); Form: Plural feminine noun; Translation: “daughters”; Notes: Refers to female offspring.
