ࠅࠉࠀࠌࠓ ࠀࠋࠉࠅ ࠀࠍࠉ ࠉࠄࠅࠄ ࠀࠔࠓ ࠄࠅࠑࠀࠕࠉࠊ ࠌࠀࠅࠓ ࠊࠔࠃࠉࠌ ࠋࠕࠕ ࠋࠊ ࠀࠕ ࠄࠀࠓࠑ ࠄࠆࠀࠕ ࠋࠓࠔࠕࠄ
Gen 15:7 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויאמר אליו אני יהוה אשר הוצאתיך מאור כשדים לתת לך את הארץ הזאת לרשתה
Gen 15:7 [Masoretic Text]
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑יו אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֹוצֵאתִ֨יךָ֙ מֵא֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים לָ֧תֶת לְךָ֛ אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃
And He said to him, “I am YHWH, who brought you out of Ur Kasdim, to give you this land to inherit it.”
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ויאמר | ࠅࠉࠀࠌࠓ | And He said |
| 2 | אליו | ࠀࠋࠉࠅ | to him |
| 3 | אני | ࠀࠍࠉ | I |
| 4 | יהוה | ࠉࠄࠅࠄ | YHWH |
| 5 | אשר | ࠀࠔࠓ | who |
| 6 | הוצאתיך | ࠄࠅࠑࠀࠕࠉࠊ | brought you out |
| 7 | מאור | ࠌࠀࠅࠓ | from Ur of |
| 8 | כשדים | ࠊࠔࠃࠉࠌ | the Chaldees |
| 9 | לתת | ࠋࠕࠕ | to give |
| 10 | לך | ࠋࠊ | to you |
| 11 | את | ࠀࠕ | (direct object marker) |
| 12 | הארץ | ࠄࠀࠓࠑ | the land |
| 13 | הזאת | ࠄࠆࠀࠕ | this |
| 14 | לרשתה | ࠋࠓࠔࠕࠄ | to inherit it |
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (vayomer) – Root: אמר (amar); Form: Verb, Qal, Consecutive Imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “And He said”; Notes: Refers to God speaking to Avram.
- אֵלָ֑יו (elav) – Root: אל (el); Form: Preposition with 3ms suffix; Translation: “to him”; Notes: Indicates the direction of God’s speech.
- אֲנִ֣י (ani) – Root: Pronoun; Form: Independent pronoun, 1cs; Translation: “I”; Notes: Refers to the speaker, God.
- יְהוָ֗ה (yhwh) – Root: יהוה (YHWH); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “the LORD”; Notes: Refers to God by His covenantal name.
- אֲשֶׁ֤ר (asher) – Root: אשר (asher); Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “who”; Notes: Introduces the clause describing God’s action.
- הֹוצֵאתִ֨יךָ֙ (hotze’tikha) – Root: יצא (yatza); Form: Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 1cs with 2ms suffix; Translation: “brought you out”; Notes: Refers to God’s deliverance of Avram.
- מֵא֣וּר (me’ur) – Root: אור (ur); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular, construct; Translation: “from Ur”; Notes: Refers to the city of Avram’s origin.
- כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים (kasdim) – Root: כשׂד (kasad); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “of the Chaldeans”; Notes: Identifies the region of Ur.
- לָ֧תֶת (latet) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct; Translation: “to give”; Notes: Indicates the purpose of God’s action.
- לְךָ֛ (lekha) – Root: ל (l); Form: Preposition with 2ms suffix; Translation: “to you”; Notes: Refers to Avram as the recipient of the land.
- אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ (et-ha’aretz) – Root: ארץ (eretz); Form: Definite noun, feminine singular; Translation: “the land”; Notes: Refers to the promised land.
- הַזֹּ֖את (hazot) – Root: זה (zeh); Form: Demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular; Translation: “this”; Notes: Modifies “the land” for specificity.
- לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ (lirishtah) – Root: ירש (yarash); Form: Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct with 3fs suffix; Translation: “to inherit it”; Notes: Refers to Avram’s possession of the land.
