Genesis 15:2

ࠅࠉࠀࠌࠓ ࠀࠁࠓࠌ ࠀࠃࠍࠉ ࠉࠄࠅࠄ ࠌࠄ ࠕࠕࠍ ࠋࠉ ࠅࠀࠍࠊࠉ ࠄࠋࠊ ࠏࠓࠓࠉ ࠅࠁࠍ ࠌࠔࠒ ࠁࠉࠕࠉ ࠄࠅ ࠃࠌࠔࠒ ࠀࠋࠉࠏࠆࠓ

Gen 15:2 [Samaritan Pentateuch]

ויאמר אברם אדני יהוה מה תתן לי ואנכי הלך עררי ובן משק ביתי הוא דמשק אליעזר

Gen 15:2 [Masoretic Text]

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֗ם אֲדֹנָ֤י יֱהוִה֙ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י הֹולֵ֣ךְ עֲרִירִ֑י וּבֶן־מֶ֣שֶׁק בֵּיתִ֔י ה֖וּא דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃

And Avram said, “Lord YHWH, what will You give me, since I go childless, and the heir of my house is Dammeseq Eliʿazer?”

Morphology

1. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vayomer) – Root: אמר (amar); Form: Verb, Qal, Consecutive Imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “and he said”; Notes: Introduces Avram’s speech.
2. אַבְרָ֗ם (Avram) – Root: אַבְרָם (Avram); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Avram”; Notes: Refers to the patriarch Avram.
3. אֲדֹנָ֤י (Adonai) – Root: אדון (adon); Form: Noun, masculine plural with 1cs suffix; Translation: “Lord”; Notes: A respectful title used for God.
4. יֱהוִה֙ (YHWH) – Root: יהוה (YHWH); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The divine name of God.
5. מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י (mah-titten-li) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Interrogative + Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2ms with 1cs suffix; Translation: “what will You give me”; Notes: Reflects Avram’s questioning of God’s promise.
6. וְאָנֹכִ֖י (ve’anokhi) – Root: אנכי (anokhi); Form: Pronoun, first-person singular; Translation: “and I”; Notes: Emphasizes Avram’s personal situation.
7. הֹולֵ֣ךְ (holekh) – Root: הלך (halakh); Form: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular; Translation: “go”; Notes: Describes Avram’s ongoing state of being childless.
8. עֲרִירִ֑י (ariri) – Root: עָרִיר (arir); Form: Adjective, masculine singular; Translation: “childless”; Notes: Indicates Avram’s lack of offspring.
9. וּבֶן־מֶ֣שֶׁק (uven-mesheq) – Root: משׁק (mesheq); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “and the heir”; Notes: Refers to a manager or inheritor of a household.
10. בֵּיתִ֔י (beiti) – Root: בית (bayit); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct with 1cs suffix; Translation: “of my house”; Notes: Refers to Avram’s household.
11. ה֖וּא (hu) – Root: הוא (hu); Form: Pronoun, 3ms; Translation: “he”; Notes: Refers to the identified heir.
12. דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק (Damesek) – Root: דמשׂק (Damesek); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Damesek”; Notes: Refers to Damascus or a title for Eliezer.
13. אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר (Eliezer) – Root: אֱלִיעֶזֶר (Eliezer); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Eliezer”; Notes: Refers to Avram’s servant and potential heir.