ࠅࠕࠕࠍ ࠋࠅ ࠀࠕ ࠁࠋࠄࠄ ࠔࠐࠇࠕࠄ ࠋࠀࠔࠄ ࠅࠉࠁࠀ ࠀࠋࠉࠄ ࠉࠏࠒࠁ
Gen. 30:4 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ותתן לו את בלהה שפחתה לאשה ויבא אליה יעקב
Gen. 30:4 [Masoretic Text]
וַתִּתֶּן־לֹ֛ו אֶת־בִּלְהָ֥ה שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖יהָ יַעֲקֹֽב׃
And she gave him Bilha, her maid, as a wife, and Yaʿaqov went in to her.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ותתן | ࠅࠕࠕࠍ | And she gave |
| 2 | לו | ࠋࠅ | to him |
| 3 | את | ࠀࠕ | (direct object marker) |
| 4 | בלהה | ࠁࠋࠄࠄ | Bilhah |
| 5 | שפחתה | ࠔࠐࠇࠕࠄ | her maid |
| 6 | לאשה | ࠋࠀࠔࠄ | as a wife |
| 7 | ויבא | ࠅࠉࠁࠀ | and he went in |
| 8 | אליה | ࠀࠋࠉࠄ | to her |
| 9 | יעקב | ࠉࠏࠒࠁ | Jacob |
Morphology
- וַתִּתֶּן־לֹ֛ו (vattiten-lo) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person feminine singular + prepositional suffix 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And she gave him”; Notes: Action performed by Raḥel.
- אֶת־בִּלְהָ֥ה (et-Bilhah) – Root: בִּלְהָה (Bilhah); Form: Proper noun, direct object marker; Translation: “Bilhah”; Notes: Raḥel’s maidservant.
- שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ (shifḥatah) – Root: שפחה (shifḥah); Form: Noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “her maid”; Notes: Indicates possession.
- לְאִשָּׁ֑ה (leʾishah) – Root: אשה (ʾishah); Form: Noun, feminine singular; Translation: “as a wife”; Notes: Indicates marriage or concubinage.
- וַיָּבֹ֥א (vayyavo) – Root: בוא (boʾ); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he went in”; Notes: Common idiom for marital relations.
- אֵלֶ֖יהָ (eleha) – Root: אל (ʾel); Form: Preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “to her”; Notes: Indicates direction toward Bilhah.
- יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (Yaʿaqov) – Root: יעקב (Yaʿaqov); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yaʿaqov”; Notes: Subject of the verb “went in.”
