ࠅࠀࠍࠉ ࠄࠍࠍࠉ ࠌࠒࠉࠌ ࠀࠕ ࠁࠓࠉࠕࠉ ࠀࠕࠊࠌ ࠅࠀࠕ ࠆࠓࠏࠊࠌ ࠀࠇࠓࠉࠊࠌ
Gen. 9:9 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ואני הנני מקים את בריתי אתכם ואת זרעכם אחריכם
Gen. 9:9 [Masoretic Text]
וַאֲנִ֕י הִנְנִ֥י מֵקִ֛ים אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְאֶֽת־זַרְעֲכֶ֖ם אַֽחֲרֵיכֶֽם׃
And as for Me, behold, I am establishing My covenant with you and with your offspring after you.
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ואני | ࠅࠀࠍࠉ | And I |
| 2 | הנני | ࠄࠍࠍࠉ | behold, I |
| 3 | מקים | ࠌࠒࠉࠌ | establish |
| 4 | את | ࠀࠕ | (direct object marker) |
| 5 | בריתי | ࠁࠓࠉࠕࠉ | My covenant |
| 6 | אתכם | ࠀࠕࠊࠌ | with you |
| 7 | ואת | ࠅࠀࠕ | and with |
| 8 | זרעכם | ࠆࠓࠏࠊࠌ | your offspring |
| 9 | אחריכם | ࠀࠇࠓࠉࠊࠌ | after you |
Morphology
- וַאֲנִ֕י (waʾănî) – Root: אני (ʾ-n-y); Form: Conjunction וְ + pronoun, first person singular; Translation: “And I”; Notes: Emphasizes God as the speaker.
- הִנְנִ֥י (hinnî) – Root: הנה (h-n-h); Form: Interjection + first person singular suffix; Translation: “behold, I”; Notes: Expresses an emphatic declaration.
- מֵקִ֛ים (mēqîm) – Root: קום (q-w-m); Form: Hiphil participle, masculine singular; Translation: “am establishing”; Notes: Indicates the action of initiating or upholding a covenant.
- אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י (ʾeṯ-bərîtî) – Root: ברית (b-r-y-t); Form: Direct object marker אֶת + noun, singular feminine construct with first person singular suffix; Translation: “My covenant”; Notes: Refers to the solemn agreement God is establishing.
- אִתְּכֶ֑ם (ʾittəḵem) – Root: את (ʾ-t); Form: Preposition with second person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “with you”; Notes: Directs the covenant to Noaḥ and his family.
- וְאֶֽת־זַרְעֲכֶ֖ם (wəʾeṯ-zarʿăḵem) – Root: זרע (z-r-ʿ); Form: Conjunction וְ + direct object marker אֶת + noun, singular masculine construct with second person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “and with your offspring”; Notes: Includes future generations in the covenant.
- אַֽחֲרֵיכֶֽם (ʾaḥărêḵem) – Root: אחר (ʾ-ḥ-r); Form: Preposition with second person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “after you”; Notes: Specifies that the covenant extends to descendants.