ࠅࠉࠏࠍࠅ ࠁࠍࠉ ࠇࠕ ࠀࠕ ࠀࠁࠓࠄࠌ ࠋࠀࠌࠓ ࠋࠀ
Gen 23:5 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויענו בני חת את אברהם לאמר לא
Gen 23:5 [Masoretic Text]
וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ בְנֵי־חֵ֛ת אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֥ר לֹֽו׃
And the sons of Ḥet answered Avraham, saying to him,
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ויענו | ࠅࠉࠏࠍࠅ | And answered |
| 2 | בני | ࠁࠍࠉ | the sons of |
| 3 | חת | ࠇࠕ | Heth |
| 4 | את | ࠀࠕ | (direct object marker) |
| 5 | אברהם | ࠀࠁࠓࠄࠌ | Abraham |
| 6 | לאמר | ࠋࠀࠌࠓ | saying |
| 7 | לא | ࠋࠀ | No (or not so) |
Morphology
- וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ (vayyaʿanu) – Root: ענה (ʿ-n-h); Form: Verb, Qal, Consecutive Imperfect, 3mp; Translation: “And they answered”; Notes: Refers to the sons of Ḥet responding to Avraham.
- בְנֵי־חֵ֛ת (bene-Ḥet) – Root: בן (b-n) and חת (ḥ-t); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct; Translation: “the sons of Ḥet”; Notes: Refers to the Hittites, inhabitants of the land.
- אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם (et-Avraham) – Root: אברהם (ʾ-v-r-h-m); Form: Proper noun with direct object marker; Translation: “to Avraham”; Notes: The object of the Hittites’ response.
- לֵאמֹ֥ר (lemor) – Root: אמר (ʾ-m-r); Form: Infinitive Construct; Translation: “saying”; Notes: Introduces the direct speech of the sons of Ḥet.
- לֹֽו (lo) – Root: ל (l); Form: Preposition with 3ms suffix; Translation: “to him”; Notes: Specifies that the response is directed to Avraham.
