Genesis 21:7

ࠅࠕࠀࠌࠓ ࠌࠉ ࠌࠋࠋ ࠋࠀࠁࠓࠄࠌ ࠄࠉࠍࠉࠒࠄ ࠁࠍࠉࠌ ࠔࠓࠄ ࠊࠉ ࠉࠋࠃࠕࠉ ࠋࠅ ࠁࠍ ࠋࠆࠒࠍࠉࠅ

Gen 21:7 [Samaritan Pentateuch]

ותאמר מי מלל לאברהם היניקה בנים שרה כי ילדתי לו בן לזקניו

* היניקה v.l. הינקה

Gen 21:7 [Masoretic Text]

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר מִ֤י מִלֵּל֙ לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם הֵינִ֥יקָה בָנִ֖ים שָׂרָ֑ה כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי בֵ֖ן לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃

And she said, “Who would have said to Avraham that Sara would nurse children? For I have borne a son in his old age.”

Morphology

1. וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (vatomer) – Root: אמר (‘-m-r); Form: Verb, Qal, Consecutive Imperfect, 3fs; Translation: “and she said”; Notes: Refers to Sarah speaking.
2. מִ֤י (mi) – Root: מי (m-y); Form: Interrogative pronoun; Translation: “who”; Notes: Introduces a rhetorical question.
3. מִלֵּל֙ (millel) – Root: מלל (m-l-l); Form: Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3ms; Translation: “would have said”; Notes: Refers to the improbable declaration.
4. לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם (leAvraham) – Root: אברם (‘-v-r-m); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular with preposition; Translation: “to Avraham”; Notes: Refers to Sarah’s husband.
5. הֵינִ֥יקָה (heniqah) – Root: ינק (y-n-q); Form: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, 3fs; Translation: “would nurse”; Notes: Refers to Sarah nursing children.
6. בָנִ֖ים (banim) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “children”; Notes: Refers to Sarah’s offspring.
7. שָׂרָ֑ה (Sarah) – Root: שרי (s-r-y); Form: Proper noun, feminine singular; Translation: “Sarah”; Notes: Refers to the speaker herself.
8. כִּֽי (ki) – Root: כי (k-y); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “for”; Notes: Introduces the reason for her amazement.
9. יָלַ֥דְתִּי (yaladti) – Root: ילד (y-l-d); Form: Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1cs; Translation: “I have borne”; Notes: Refers to Sarah giving birth.
10. בֵ֖ן (ben) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “a son”; Notes: Specifies the child born to Sarah.
11. לִזְקֻנָֽיו (lizkunav) – Root: זקן (z-q-n); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with 3ms suffix; Translation: “in his old age”; Notes: Refers to Avraham’s advanced age when the son was born.