ࠅࠀࠕࠍࠅ ࠕࠔࠁࠅ ࠅࠄࠀࠓࠑ ࠕࠄࠉࠄ ࠋࠐࠍࠉࠊࠌ ࠔࠁࠅ ࠎࠇࠓࠅࠄ ࠅࠀࠇࠆࠅ ࠁࠄ
Gen 34:10 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ואתנו תשבו והארץ תהיה לפניכם שבו סחרוה ואחזו בה
Gen 34:10 [Masoretic Text]
וְאִתָּ֖נוּ תֵּשֵׁ֑בוּ וְהָאָ֨רֶץ֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם שְׁבוּ֙ וּסְחָר֔וּהָ וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּ בָּֽהּ׃
And dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Settle and trade in it, and acquire property in it.”
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ואתנו | ࠅࠀࠕࠍࠅ | And with us |
| 2 | תשבו | ࠕࠔࠁࠅ | you shall dwell |
| 3 | והארץ | ࠅࠄࠀࠓࠑ | and the land |
| 4 | תהיה | ࠕࠄࠉࠄ | shall be |
| 5 | לפניכם | ࠋࠐࠍࠉࠊࠌ | before you |
| 6 | שבו | ࠔࠁࠅ | dwell |
| 7 | סחרוה | ࠎࠇࠓࠅࠄ | trade in it |
| 8 | ואחזו | ࠅࠀࠇࠆࠅ | and acquire possessions |
| 9 | בה | ࠁࠄ | in it |
Morphology
- וְאִתָּנוּ (ve-ʾittānū) — Root: את; Form: Conjunction + preposition אֵת with 1st person common plural suffix; Translation: “and with us”; Notes: Proposes living together with the local inhabitants.
- תֵּשֵׁבוּ (tēshēvū) — Root: ישׁב; Form: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “you shall dwell”; Notes: Invites permanent residence among them.
- וְהָאָרֶץ (ve-hāʾārets) — Root: ארץ; Form: Conjunction + definite noun feminine singular; Translation: “and the land”; Notes: Refers to the territory of Shekhem and Ḥamor’s people.
- תִּהְיֶה (tihyeh) — Root: היה; Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular; Translation: “shall be”; Notes: Expresses future availability or possession.
- לִפְנֵיכֶם (lifnēkhem) — Root: פנה; Form: Preposition ל + construct plural noun “faces” + 2nd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “before you”; Notes: Conveys openness or availability of the land to them.
- שְׁבוּ (shəvū) — Root: ישׁב; Form: Qal imperative masculine plural; Translation: “dwell”; Notes: Direct command reinforcing the invitation to settle.
- וּסְחָרוּהָ (u-seḥārūhā) — Root: סחר; Form: Qal imperative masculine plural + 3rd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “and trade in it”; Notes: Encourages economic interaction within the land.
- וְהֵאָחֲזוּ (ve-heʾāḥăzū) — Root: אחז; Form: Niphal imperative masculine plural; Translation: “and acquire property”; Notes: Niphal conveys the sense of receiving or establishing possession.
- בָּהּ (bāh) — Root: ב; Form: Preposition ב + third person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “in it”; Notes: Refers back to “the land.”
