ࠄࠋࠅࠀ ࠄࠅࠀ ࠀࠌࠓ ࠋࠉ ࠀࠇࠕࠉ ࠄࠉࠀ ࠅࠄࠉࠀ ࠂࠌ ࠀࠌࠓࠄ ࠀࠇࠉ ࠄࠅࠀ ࠁࠕࠌ ࠋࠁࠁࠉ ࠅࠁࠍࠒࠉࠅࠍ ࠊࠐࠉ ࠏࠔࠉࠕࠉ ࠆࠀࠕ
Gen 20:5 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
הלוא הוא אמר לי אחתי היא והיא גם אמרה אחי הוא בתם לבבי ובנקיון כפי עשיתי זאת
Gen 20:5 [Masoretic Text]
הֲלֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר־לִי֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וְהִֽיא־גַם־הִ֥וא אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָחִ֣י ה֑וּא בְּתָם־לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי זֹֽאת׃
Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הלוא | ࠄࠋࠅࠀ | Did not |
| 2 | הוא | ࠄࠅࠀ | he |
| 3 | אמר | ࠀࠌࠓ | say |
| 4 | לי | ࠋࠉ | to me |
| 5 | אחתי | ࠀࠇࠕࠉ | My sister |
| 6 | היא | ࠄࠉࠀ | she is |
| 7 | והיא | ࠅࠄࠉࠀ | and she |
| 8 | גם | ࠂࠌ | also |
| 9 | אמרה | ࠀࠌࠓࠄ | said |
| 10 | אחי | ࠀࠇࠉ | My brother |
| 11 | הוא | ࠄࠅࠀ | he is |
| 12 | בתם | ࠁࠕࠌ | in the integrity of |
| 13 | לבבי | ࠋࠁࠁࠉ | my heart |
| 14 | ובנקיון | ࠅࠁࠍࠒࠉࠅࠍ | and in the innocence of |
| 15 | כפי | ࠊࠐࠉ | my hands |
| 16 | עשיתי | ࠏࠔࠉࠕࠉ | I have done |
| 17 | זאת | ࠆࠀࠕ | this |
Morphology
- הֲלֹ֨א (halo) – Root: לא (l-ʾ); Form: Interrogative particle; Translation: “Did not”; Notes: Introduces a rhetorical question.
- ה֤וּא (hu) – Root: הוא (h-w-ʾ); Form: Pronoun, 3ms; Translation: “he”; Notes: Refers to Avraham.
- אָמַר־לִי֙ (amar-li) – Root: אמר (‘-m-r); Form: Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3ms with preposition and 1cs suffix; Translation: “said to me”; Notes: Indicates Avimelekh quoting Avraham.
- אֲחֹ֣תִי (‘achoti) – Root: אחות (‘-ḥ-w-t); Form: Noun, feminine singular construct with 1cs suffix; Translation: “my sister”; Notes: The statement attributed to Avraham.
- הִ֔וא (hi) – Root: הוא (h-w-ʾ); Form: Pronoun, 3fs; Translation: “she is”; Notes: Refers to Sarah.
- וְהִֽיא־גַם־הִ֥וא (vehi-gam-hi) – Root: גם (g-m) and הוא (h-w-ʾ); Form: Conjunction, adverb, and pronoun, 3fs; Translation: “and she, even she herself”; Notes: Emphasizes Sarah’s affirmation.
- אָֽמְרָ֖ה (amrah) – Root: אמר (‘-m-r); Form: Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3fs; Translation: “said”; Notes: Refers to Sarah’s statement.
- אָחִ֣י (‘achi) – Root: אח (‘-ḥ); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct with 1cs suffix; Translation: “my brother”; Notes: The statement attributed to Sarah.
- ה֑וּא (hu) – Root: הוא (h-w-ʾ); Form: Pronoun, 3ms; Translation: “he is”; Notes: Refers to Avraham.
- בְּתָם־לְבָבִ֛י (betam-levavi) – Root: תם (t-m) and לבב (l-v-v); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct with noun, masculine singular construct and 1cs suffix; Translation: “in the integrity of my heart”; Notes: Refers to Avimelekh’s pure intentions.
- וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן (uvenikyon) – Root: נקי (n-q-y); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct with preposition; Translation: “and in the innocence of”; Notes: Highlights Avimelekh’s blamelessness.
- כַּפַּ֖י (kappai) – Root: כף (k-p); Form: Noun, feminine dual construct with 1cs suffix; Translation: “my hands”; Notes: Refers to Avimelekh’s actions being guiltless.
- עָשִׂ֥יתִי (‘asiti) – Root: עשה (‘-s-h); Form: Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1cs; Translation: “I have done”; Notes: Refers to Avimelekh’s actions regarding Sarah.
- זֹֽאת (zot) – Root: זה (z-h); Form: Pronoun, feminine singular; Translation: “this”; Notes: Refers to Avimelekh’s decision to take Sarah.
