Gen 40:8 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויאמרו אליו חלום חלמנו ופתר אין אתו ויאמר אליהם יוסף הלוא לאלהים פתרנים ספרו נא לי:—
Gen 40:8 [Masoretic Text]
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו חֲלֹ֣ום חָלַ֔מְנוּ וּפֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין אֹתֹ֑ו וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם יֹוסֵ֗ף הֲלֹ֤וא לֵֽאלֹהִים֙ פִּתְרֹנִ֔ים סַפְּרוּ־נָ֖א לִֽי׃
And they said to him, “A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it.” And Yosef said to them, “Are not interpretations for God? Relate, please, to me.”
Morphology
- וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (va-yom-ru) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3mp with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and they said”
- אֵלָ֔יו (e-lav) – Root: אל (el); Form: preposition with 3ms suffix; Translation: “to him”
- חֲלֹ֣ום (cha-lom) – Root: חלם (cha-lam); Form: noun, ms; Translation: “dream”
- חָלַ֔מְנוּ (cha-lam-nu) – Root: חלם (cha-lam); Form: Qal, perfect, 1cp; Translation: “we have dreamed”
- וּפֹתֵ֖ר (u-po-ter) – Root: פתר (pa-tar); Form: participle, ms; Translation: “interpreter”
- אֵ֣ין (ein) – Particle; Translation: “there is not”
- אֹתֹ֑ו (o-to) – Root: את (et); Form: direct object marker with 3ms suffix; Translation: “of it”
- וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (va-yo-mer) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he said”
- אֲלֵהֶ֜ם (a-lei-hem) – Root: אל (el); Form: preposition with 3mp suffix; Translation: “to them”
- יֹוסֵ֗ף (Yo-sef) – Proper noun; Translation: “Yosef”
- הֲלֹ֤וא (ha-lo) – Interrogative particle; Translation: “are not”
- לֵֽאלֹהִים֙ (le-e-lo-him) – Root: אל (el); Form: noun, mp in construct; Translation: “from God”
- פִּתְרֹנִ֔ים (pit-ro-nim) – Root: פתר (pa-tar); Form: noun, mp; Translation: “interpretations”
- סַפְּרוּ־נָ֖א (sap-ru-na) – Root: ספר (sa-par); Form: Piel, imperative, mp with enclitic particle “na”; Translation: “please, tell”
- לִֽי (li) – Root: ל (le); Form: preposition with 1cs suffix; Translation: “to me”
