Gen 38:21 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
וישאל את אנשי המקום לאמר איה הקדשה ההיא בעינים על הדרך ויאמרו לא היתה בזה קדשה
Gen 38:21 [Masoretic Text]
וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל אֶת־אַנְשֵׁ֤י מְקֹמָהּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַיֵּ֧ה הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛ה הִ֥וא בָעֵינַ֖יִם עַל־הַדָּ֑רֶךְ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לֹא־הָיְתָ֥ה בָזֶ֖ה קְדֵשָֽׁה׃
And he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the sacred prostitute who was at ʿEinayim by the road?” And they said, “There has been no sacred prostitute here.”
Morphology
- וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל (va-yish-al) – Root: שׁאל (sha-al); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he asked”
- אֶת־אַנְשֵׁ֤י (et-an-shei) – Root: אישׁ (ish); Form: noun, mp in construct; Translation: “the men of”
- מְקֹמָהּ֙ (me-ko-mah) – Root: מקום (ma-kom); Form: noun, ms with 3fs suffix; Translation: “her place”
- לֵאמֹ֔ר (le-mor) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: infinitive construct; Translation: “saying”
- אַיֵּ֧ה (ai-yeh) – Interrogative particle; Translation: “where is”
- הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛ה (ha-ke-de-shah) – Root: קדשׁ (ka-dash); Form: noun, fs with definite article; Translation: “the sacred prostitute”
- הִ֥וא (hi) – Pronoun, 3fs; Translation: “who”
- בָעֵינַ֖יִם (va-ei-na-yim) – Root: עין (a-yin); Form: proper noun; Translation: “at ʿEinayim”
- עַל־הַדָּ֑רֶךְ (al-ha-de-rekh) – Root: דרך (de-rekh); Form: noun, ms with preposition and definite article; Translation: “by the road”
- וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (va-yo-mru) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3mp with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and they said”
- לֹא־הָיְתָ֥ה (lo ha-ye-ta) – Root: היה (ha-yah); Form: Qal, perfect, 3fs; Translation: “there has not been”
- בָזֶ֖ה (ba-zeh) – Root: זה (zeh); Form: demonstrative pronoun, ms; Translation: “here”
- קְדֵשָֽׁה (ke-de-shah) – Root: קדשׁ (ka-dash); Form: noun, fs; Translation: “a sacred prostitute”
