Genesis 37:2

Gen 37:2 [Samaritan Pentateuch]

אלה תולדת יעקב יוסף בן שבע עשרה שנה היה רעה את אחיו בצאן והוא נער את בני בלהה ואת בני זלפה נשי אביו ויבא יוסף את דבתם רעה אל אביהם

Gen 37:2 [Masoretic Text]

אֵ֣לֶּה תֹּלְדֹ֣ות יַעֲקֹ֗ב יֹוסֵ֞ף בֶּן־שְׁבַֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֨ה רֹעֶ֤ה אֶת־אֶחָיו֙ בַּצֹּ֔אן וְה֣וּא נַ֗עַר אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָ֛ה וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י זִלְפָּ֖ה נְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֑יו וַיָּבֵ֥א יֹוסֵ֛ף אֶת־דִּבָּתָ֥ם רָעָ֖ה אֶל־אֲבִיהֶֽם׃

These are the generations of Yaʿaqov: Yosef, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers; and he was a youth with the sons of Bilha and the sons of Zilpa, his father’s wives. And Yosef brought an evil report of them to their father.

Morphology

1. אֵלֶּה (eleh) – Demonstrative pronoun, mp; Translation: “These are”
2. תֹּלְדֹות (tol-dot) – Root: ילד (yalad); Form: noun, fp construct; Translation: “generations of”
3. יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿaqov) – Proper noun; Translation: “Yaʿaqov”
4. יֹוסֵף (Yosef) – Proper noun; Translation: “Yosef”
5. בֶּן־שְׁבַע־עֶשְׂרֵה (ben-sheva-esreh) – Noun phrase; Translation: “seventeen years”
6. הָיָה (ha-ya) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal, perfect, 3ms; Translation: “was”
7. רֹעֶה (ro-eh) – Root: רעה (raʿah); Form: Qal, participle, ms; Translation: “pasturing”
8. אֶת־אֶחָיו (et-echav) – Root: אח (ach); Form: noun, mp with object marker; Translation: “with his brothers”
9. בַּצֹּאן (ba-tzon) – Root: צאן (tzon); Form: noun, ms with prefix; Translation: “in the flock”
10. וְהוּא (ve-hu) – Pronoun; Translation: “and he”
11. נַעַר (na-ar) – Root: נער (na-ar); Form: noun, ms; Translation: “a youth”
12. אֶת־בְּנֵי בִלְהָה (et-benei Bilhah) – Root: בן (ben) + Proper noun; Form: construct noun phrase; Translation: “with the sons of Bilha”
13. וְאֶת־בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה (ve-et-benei Zilpah) – Root: בן (ben) + Proper noun; Form: construct noun phrase; Translation: “and with the sons of Zilpa”
14. נְשֵׁי (neshei) – Root: אשה (ishah); Form: noun, fp construct; Translation: “wives of”
15. אָבִיו (aviv) – Root: אב (av); Form: noun, ms construct with 3ms suffix; Translation: “his father”
16. וַיָּבֵא (va-ya-vei) – Root: בוא (bo); Form: Hifil, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he brought”
17. יֹוסֵף (Yosef) – Proper noun; Translation: “Yosef”
18. אֶת־דִּבָּתָם (et-dibatam) – Root: דבה (dibah); Form: noun, fs construct with 3mp suffix; Translation: “their report”
19. רָעָה (ra-ah) – Root: רעע (raʿ); Form: adjective, fs; Translation: “evil”
20. אֶל־אֲבִיהֶם (el-avihim) – Root: אב (av); Form: preposition + noun ms with 3mp suffix; Translation: “to their father”