{
"verseID": "1 Chronicles.4.10",
"source": "וַיִּקְרָ֣א יַ֠עְבֵּץ לֵאלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־בָּרֵ֨ךְ תְּבָרֲכֵ֜נִי וְהִרְבִּ֤יתָ אֶת־גְּבוּלִי֙ וְהָיְתָ֤ה יָדְךָ֙ עִמִּ֔י וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מֵּרָעָ֖ה לְבִלְתִּ֣י עָצְבִּ֑י וַיָּבֵ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאָֽל׃",
"text": "*wayyiqrāʾ* *yaʿbēṣ* *lēʾlōhê* *yiśrāʾēl* *lēʾmōr* *ʾim*-*bārēk* *tᵊbārăkēnî* *wᵊhirbîtā* *ʾet*-*gᵊbûlî* *wᵊhāyᵊtāh* *yādᵊkā* *ʿimmî* *wᵊʿāśîtā* *mērāʿāh* *lᵊbiltî* *ʿāṣbî* *wayyābēʾ* *ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾēt* *ʾăšer*-*šāʾāl*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqrāʾ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - and he called",
"*yaʿbēṣ*": "proper name - Jabez",
"*lēʾlōhê*": "preposition + construct plural - to God of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper name - Israel",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*ʾim*-*bārēk*": "conjunction + piel infinitive absolute - if blessing",
"*tᵊbārăkēnî*": "piel imperfect 2ms + 1cs suffix - you will bless me",
"*wᵊhirbîtā*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect 2ms - and you will enlarge",
"*ʾet*-*gᵊbûlî*": "direct object marker + noun + 1cs suffix - my territory",
"*wᵊhāyᵊtāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3fs - and will be",
"*yādᵊkā*": "noun + 2ms suffix - your hand",
"*ʿimmî*": "preposition + 1cs suffix - with me",
"*wᵊʿāśîtā*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you will keep",
"*mērāʿāh*": "preposition + feminine noun - from evil",
"*lᵊbiltî*": "preposition + conjunction - so that not",
"*ʿāṣbî*": "qal infinitive construct + 1cs suffix - my pain/sorrow",
"*wayyābēʾ*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - and he brought",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "proper name - God",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾăšer*-*šāʾāl*": "relative pronoun + qal perfect 3ms - which he asked"
},
"variants": {
"*bārēk* *tᵊbārăkēnî*": "surely bless me - emphatic construction",
"*gᵊbûlî*": "my territory/my border/my coast",
"*mērāʿāh*": "from evil/from harm",
"*ʿāṣbî*": "my pain/my grief/my sorrow"
}
}