ࠅࠕࠋࠃ ࠏࠃࠄ ࠀࠕ ࠉࠁࠋ ࠄࠅࠀ ࠄࠉࠄ ࠀࠁࠉ ࠉࠔࠁ ࠀࠄࠋ ࠅࠌࠒࠍࠄ
Gen 4:20 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ותלד עדה את יבל הוא היה אבי ישב אהל ומקנה׃
Gen 4:20 [Masoretic Text]
וַתֵּ֥לֶד עָדָ֖ה אֶת־יָבָ֑ל ה֣וּא הָיָ֔ה אֲבִ֕י יֹשֵׁ֥ב אֹ֖הֶל וּמִקְנֶֽה׃
Gen 4:20 [Samaritan Targum]
ואולדת עדה ית יבל הוא הוה ארש מן שכן במשכן וקנין:
And Ada bore Yaval; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ותלד | ࠅࠕࠋࠃ | And she bore |
| 2 | עדה | ࠏࠃࠄ | Adah |
| 3 | את | ࠀࠕ | (direct object marker) |
| 4 | יבל | ࠉࠁࠋ | Jabal |
| 5 | הוא | ࠄࠅࠀ | He |
| 6 | היה | ࠄࠉࠄ | Was |
| 7 | אבי | ࠀࠁࠉ | The father |
| 8 | ישב | ࠉࠔࠁ | Who dwells |
| 9 | אהל | ࠀࠄࠋ | In tents |
| 10 | ומקנה | ࠅࠌࠒࠍࠄ | And livestock |
Morphology
- וַתֵּ֥לֶד (watteled) – Root: ילד (y-l-d); Form: Conjunction וַ + Qal wayyiqtol, third feminine singular; Translation: “And she bore”; Notes: Refers to Adah giving birth.
- עָדָ֖ה (ʿāḏāh) – Root: עדה (ʿ-d-h); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Adah”; Notes: The subject performing the action.
- אֶת־יָבָ֑ל (ʾeṯ-yāḇāl) – Root: יובל (y-w-b-l); Form: Direct object marker אֶת + proper noun; Translation: “Yaval”; Notes: Name of the son born to Adah.
- ה֣וּא (hūʾ) – Root: הוא (h-w-ʾ); Form: Pronoun, third masculine singular; Translation: “he”; Notes: Refers to Yaval.
- הָיָ֔ה (hāyāh) – Root: היה (h-y-h); Form: Qal perfect, third masculine singular; Translation: “was”; Notes: Indicates a state of being.
- אֲבִ֕י (ʾăḇî) – Root: אב (ʾ-ḇ); Form: Noun, singular masculine construct; Translation: “the father of”; Notes: Describes Yaval’s role or identity.
- יֹשֵׁ֥ב (yōšēḇ) – Root: ישב (y-š-ḇ); Form: Qal participle, singular masculine; Translation: “those who dwell”; Notes: Refers to people living in tents.
- אֹ֖הֶל (ʾōhel) – Root: אהל (ʾ-h-l); Form: Noun, singular masculine; Translation: “tent”; Notes: Describes the dwelling place.
- וּמִקְנֶֽה (ūmiqneh) – Root: מקנה (m-q-n-h); Form: Conjunction וּ + noun, singular masculine; Translation: “and livestock”; Notes: Refers to animals owned or herded by the dwellers.
