ࠀࠊ ࠁࠔࠓ ࠁࠍࠐࠔࠅ ࠃࠌࠅ ࠋࠀ ࠕࠀࠊࠋࠅ
Gen. 9:4 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
אך בשר בנפשו דמו לא תאכלו
Gen. 9:4 [Masoretic Text]
אַךְ־בָּשָׂ֕ר בְּנַפְשֹׁ֥ו דָמֹ֖ו לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃
But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | אך | ࠀࠊ | But |
| 2 | בשר | ࠁࠔࠓ | flesh |
| 3 | בנפשו | ࠁࠍࠐࠔࠅ | with its life |
| 4 | דמו | ࠃࠌࠅ | its blood |
| 5 | לא | ࠋࠀ | you shall not |
| 6 | תאכלו | ࠕࠀࠊࠋࠅ | eat |
Morphology
- אַךְ (ʾaḵ) – Root: אך (ʾ-ḵ); Form: Adverb; Translation: “But”; Notes: Introduces an exception to the previous command.
- בָּשָׂ֕ר (bāśār) – Root: בשר (b-ś-r); Form: Noun, singular masculine; Translation: “flesh”; Notes: Refers to animal meat.
- בְּנַפְשֹׁ֥ו (bənaḇšō) – Root: נפש (n-p-š); Form: Preposition בְּ + noun, singular feminine construct + third masculine singular suffix; Translation: “with its life”; Notes: Indicates the living essence or soul of the creature.
- דָמֹ֖ו (dāmō) – Root: דם (d-m); Form: Noun, singular masculine construct + third masculine singular suffix; Translation: “its blood”; Notes: Refers to the life force symbolized by blood.
- לֹ֥א (lō) – Form: Negative particle; Translation: “not”; Notes: Expresses prohibition.
- תֹאכֵֽלוּ (tōʾḵēlū) – Root: אכל (ʾ-k-l); Form: Qal imperfect, second masculine plural; Translation: “you shall eat”; Notes: Refers to the act of consuming meat with blood.