Gen 40:7 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
וישאל את סריסי פרעה אשר אתו במשמר בית אדניו לאמר מדוע פניכם רעים היום
Gen 40:7 [Masoretic Text]
וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל אֶת־סְרִיסֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אִתֹּ֧ו בְמִשְׁמַ֛ר בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנָ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר מַדּ֛וּעַ פְּנֵיכֶ֥ם רָעִ֖ים הַיֹּֽום׃
And he asked the officials of Parʿo who were with him in custody, in the house of his lord, saying, “Why are your faces bad today?”
Morphology
- וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל (va-yish-al) – Root: שאל (sha-al); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he asked”
- אֶת־סְרִיסֵ֣י (et-se-ri-sei) – Root: סרס (sar-sis); Form: direct object marker + noun, mp in construct; Translation: “Pharaoh’s officers”
- פַרְעֹ֗ה (Par-o) – Proper noun; Translation: “Pharaoh”
- אֲשֶׁ֨ר (a-sher) – Relative pronoun; Translation: “who”
- אִתֹּ֧ו (it-to) – Root: את (et); Form: preposition with 3ms suffix; Translation: “with him”
- בְמִשְׁמַ֛ר (ve-mish-mar) – Root: שמר (shamar); Form: noun, ms in construct; Translation: “in the custody”
- בֵּ֥ית (beit) – Root: בית (bayit); Form: noun, ms in construct; Translation: “of the house of”
- אֲדֹנָ֖יו (a-do-nav) – Root: אדן (a-don); Form: noun, ms with 3ms suffix; Translation: “his master”
- לֵאמֹ֑ר (le-mor) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: infinitive construct; Translation: “saying”
- מַדּ֛וּעַ (mad-du-a) – Interrogative adverb; Translation: “why”
- פְּנֵיכֶ֥ם (pe-nei-chem) – Root: פנים (pa-nim); Form: noun, mp with 2mp suffix; Translation: “your faces”
- רָעִ֖ים (ra-im) – Root: רעע (ra-a); Form: adjective, mp; Translation: “troubled”
- הַיֹּֽום (ha-yom) – Root: יום (yom); Form: noun, ms with definite article; Translation: “today”
