Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Exodus.2.3", "source": "וְלֹא־יָכְלָ֣ה עוֹד֮ הַצְּפִינוֹ֒ וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ תֵּ֣בַת גֹּ֔מֶא וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה בַחֵמָ֖ר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת וַתָּ֤שֶׂם בָּהּ֙ אֶת־הַיֶּ֔לֶד וַתָּ֥שֶׂם בַּסּ֖וּף עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיְאֹֽר׃", "text": "*wə-lōʾ-yāḵəlâ ʿôd haṣṣəp̄înô wa-tiqqaḥ-lô tēbat gōmeʾ wa-taḥmərāh baḥēmār ûbazzāp̄et wa-tāśem bāh ʾet-hayyeled wa-tāśem bassûp̄ ʿal-śəp̄at hayəʾōr*", "grammar": { "*wə-lōʾ-yāḵəlâ*": "waw conjunction + negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and not able/could", "*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/longer/anymore", "*haṣṣəp̄înô*": "hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to hide him", "*wa-tiqqaḥ-lô*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and took for him", "*tēbat*": "construct state, feminine singular - ark/chest of", "*gōmeʾ*": "masculine singular noun - papyrus/bulrushes", "*wa-taḥmərāh*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and daubed/smeared it", "*baḥēmār*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - with the bitumen", "*ûbazzāp̄et*": "conjunction + preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - and with the pitch", "*wa-tāśem*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and placed", "*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it", "*ʾet-hayyeled*": "direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - the child", "*wa-tāśem*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and placed", "*bassûp̄*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the reeds", "*ʿal-śəp̄at*": "preposition + construct state feminine singular - on the bank/edge of", "*hayəʾōr*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the river/Nile" }, "variants": { "*yāḵəlâ*": "was able/could/had strength to", "*tēbat gōmeʾ*": "basket of papyrus/ark of bulrushes", "*ḥēmār*": "bitumen/asphalt/tar", "*zāp̄et*": "pitch/tar", "*sûp̄*": "reeds/rushes", "*yəʾōr*": "river/Nile/watercourse" } }

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kurv laget av papyrusrør, som hun tettet med leire og tjære. Hun la gutten i kurven og plasserte den blant sivet ved Nilen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, laget hun en kurv av siv, dekket den med asfalt og tjære, og la barnet oppi. Hun satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Norsk King James

  Og da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, laget hun en båt av siv, dekket den med slime og harpiks, og la barnet i båten, som hun satte blant sivene ved elvebredden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da hun ikke kunne skjule ham lenger, laget hun en kurv av siv, smurte den med tjære og beg, la gutten i den og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da hun ikke kunne skjule ham lenger, laget hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med jordbek og tjære. Hun la gutten i kurven og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, laget hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med jordbek og tjære. Hun la barnet i kurven og satte den i sivet ved elvebredden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kurv av siv, smurte den med leire og harpiks, og la barnet inni. Deretter satte hun den blant sivene ved elvebredden.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, laget hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med jordbek og tjære. Hun la barnet i kurven og satte den i sivet ved elvebredden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne holde ham skjult, tok hun en kurv av papyrus, smurte den med asfalt og bek, la barnet i den og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket, coated it with tar and pitch, placed the child inside, and laid it among the reeds along the riverbank.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men da hun ikke kunne skjule ham lenger, laget hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med bek og tjære. Hun la barnet i kurven og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men der hun ikke kunde skjule ham længere, da tog hun ham en Kiste af Rør, og klinede den med Liim og Beg, og lagde Drengen derudi, og lagde den imellem Sivet ved Bredden af Floden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kurv av papyrus for ham, smurte den med bek og tjære, la barnet oppi og satte kurven blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, and coated it with tar and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it among the reeds by the river's edge.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en papyruseske for ham og smurte den med tjære og bek. Hun satte barnet i den og la den i sivet ved elvebredden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kurv av siv, smurte den med bek og tjære, la barnet i den og satte den i sivet ved bredden av elven.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, lagde hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med tjære og bek. Hun la barnet i den og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne holde ham skjult, laget hun en kurv av siv, smurte den med tjære for å gjøre den vanntett, og satte barnet i den blant sivet ved bredden av Nilen.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And whe she coude no longer hyde him, she toke a basket of bulrusshes ad dawbed it with slyme ad pytche, ad layde the childe therin, ad put it in the flagges by the riuers brynke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan she coude hyde him no longer, she toke an Arke of redes, and dawbed it ouer with slyme and pitch, and layed the childe therin, and set it amonge the redes by the waters brynke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But when she could no longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke made of reede, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and laide the childe therein, and put it among the bulrushes by the riuers brinke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when she coulde no longer hyde hym, she toke a basket made of bull russhes, and dawbed it with slyme and pitche, and layed the chylde therein, and put it in the flagges by the riuers brinke

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river's brink.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth `it' in the weeds by the edge of the River;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 18:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Isaiah.18.2", "source": "הַשֹּׁלֵחַ בַּיָּם צִירִים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם לְכוּ ׀ מַלְאָכִים קַלִּים אֶל־גּוֹי מְמֻשָּׁךְ וּמוֹרָט אֶל־עַם נוֹרָא מִן־הוּא וָהָלְאָה גּוֹי קַו־קָו וּמְבוּסָה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְאוּ נְהָרִים אַרְצוֹ", "text": "The *šōlēaḥ* in-the-*yām* *ṣîrîm* and-in-*kəlê*-*gōmeʾ* upon-*pənêy*-*mayim* *ləkû* *malʾākîm* *qallîm* to-*gôy* *məmuššāk* and-*môrāṭ* to-*ʿam* *nôrāʾ* from-it and-*hālʾāh* *gôy* *qaw*-*qāw* and-*məbûsāh* which-*bāzʾû* *nəhārîm* its-*ʾarṣô*", "grammar": { "*šōlēaḥ*": "verb, participle, masculine, singular - sending/who sends", "*yām*": "noun, masculine, singular - sea/river", "*ṣîrîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - ambassadors/messengers", "*kəlê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - vessels of", "*gōmeʾ*": "noun, masculine, singular - papyrus/reed", "*pənêy*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - face/surface of", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine, plural - waters", "*ləkû*": "verb, imperative, masculine, plural - go/proceed", "*malʾākîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - messengers/angels", "*qallîm*": "adjective, masculine, plural - swift/light", "*gôy*": "noun, masculine, singular - nation/people", "*məmuššāk*": "verb, pual participle, masculine, singular - drawn out/tall", "*môrāṭ*": "verb, pual participle, masculine, singular - polished/peeled", "*ʿam*": "noun, masculine, singular - people/nation", "*nôrāʾ*": "verb, niphal participle, masculine, singular - feared/terrible", "*hālʾāh*": "adverb - beyond/farther", "*qaw*-*qāw*": "noun duplication - line-line/measured-measured", "*məbûsāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - trampling/downtreading", "*bāzʾû*": "verb, perfect, 3rd plural - have divided/cut through", "*nəhārîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - rivers", "*ʾarṣô*": "noun, feminine, singular with 3ms suffix - his/its land" }, "variants": { "*šōlēaḥ*": "sending/dispatching", "*ṣîrîm*": "ambassadors/messengers/envoys", "*gōmeʾ*": "papyrus/reed/bulrush", "*qallîm*": "swift/light/quick", "*məmuššāk*": "tall/drawn out/stretched", "*môrāṭ*": "polished/smooth/having hair plucked out", "*nôrāʾ*": "feared/terrible/dreadful", "*qaw*-*qāw*": "line upon line/constantly measured/divided by line", "*məbûsāh*": "trampled down/downtrodden", "*bāzʾû*": "divided/cut through/plundered" } }
• Isa 19:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Isaiah.19.6", "source": "וְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּ נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר קָנֶ֥ה וָס֖וּף קָמֵֽלוּ׃", "text": "And-*heʾeznîḥû* *nĕhārôṯ* *dālălû* and-*ḥārḇû* *yĕʾōrê* *māṣôr* *qāneh* and-*sûp̄* *qāmēlû*", "grammar": { "*heʾeznîḥû*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they will become foul/stink", "*nĕhārôṯ*": "noun, masculine plural - rivers", "*dālălû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will be low/diminished", "*ḥārḇû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will be dried up", "*yĕʾōrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - canals of", "*māṣôr*": "proper noun - Egypt/fortress", "*qāneh*": "noun, masculine singular - reed/stalk", "*sûp̄*": "noun, masculine singular - reeds/rushes", "*qāmēlû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they will wither/dry up" }, "variants": { "*heʾeznîḥû*": "they will become foul/stink/be putrid/emit stench", "*nĕhārôṯ*": "rivers/streams/canals", "*dālălû*": "they will be low/diminished/brought low/thin", "*ḥārḇû*": "they will be dried up/desolate/waste", "*yĕʾōrê*": "canals/channels/Nile streams", "*māṣôr*": "Egypt/fortress/siege/distress", "*qāneh*": "reed/stalk/measuring rod/branch", "*sûp̄*": "reeds/rushes/water plants", "*qāmēlû*": "they will wither/dry up/fade/shrivel" } }
• Matt 2:13 : 13 { "verseID": "Matthew.2.13", "source": "Ἀναχωρησάντων δὲ αὐτῶν, ἰδοὺ, ἄγγελος Κυρίου φαίνεται κατʼ ὄναρ τῷ Ἰωσήφ, λέγων, Ἐγερθεὶς, παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ φεῦγε εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἴσθι ἐκεῖ ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοι: μέλλει γὰρ Ἡρώδης ζητεῖν τὸ παιδίον τοῦ ἀπολέσαι αὐτό.", "text": "*Anachōrēsantōn de autōn*, *idou*, *angelos Kyriou phainetai kat' onar tō Iōsēph*, *legōn*, *Egertheis*, *paralabe* the *paidion* and the *mētera autou*, and *pheuge* into *Aigypton*, and *isthi ekei heōs an eipō soi*: *mellei gar Hērōdēs zētein* the *paidion tou apolesai auto*.", "grammar": { "*Anachōrēsantōn*": "aorist active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - having departed", "*de*": "post-positive conjunction - and/but", "*autōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of them", "*idou*": "interjection - behold/look", "*angelos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - angel/messenger", "*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord", "*phainetai*": "present middle/passive indicative, 3rd person singular - appears", "*kat'*": "preposition + accusative - in/during", "*onar*": "accusative, neuter, singular - dream", "*tō Iōsēph*": "dative, masculine, singular - to Joseph", "*legōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying", "*Egertheis*": "aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having arisen", "*paralabe*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - take", "*paidion*": "accusative, neuter, singular - child", "*mētera*": "accusative, feminine, singular - mother", "*autou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of him", "*pheuge*": "present active imperative, 2nd person singular - flee", "*Aigypton*": "accusative, feminine, singular - Egypt", "*isthi*": "present active imperative, 2nd person singular - be", "*ekei*": "adverb - there", "*heōs*": "conjunction - until", "*an*": "particle - used with subjunctive", "*eipō*": "aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - I might tell", "*soi*": "dative, 2nd person singular - to you", "*mellei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is about to", "*gar*": "conjunction - for/because", "*Hērōdēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Herod", "*zētein*": "present active infinitive - to seek", "*paidion*": "accusative, neuter, singular - child", "*tou apolesai*": "genitive articular infinitive - to destroy", "*auto*": "accusative, neuter, singular - it" }, "variants": { "*angelos*": "angel/messenger", "*Egertheis*": "arise/get up/rouse yourself", "*paralabe*": "take along/take with you", "*pheuge*": "flee/escape/run away", "*tou apolesai*": "to destroy/kill/put to death (purpose infinitive)" } }
• Matt 2:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Matthew.2.16", "source": "¶Τότε Ἡρώδης, ἰδὼν ὅτι ἐνεπαίχθη ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων, ἐθυμώθη λίαν, καὶ ἀποστείλας, ἀνεῖλεν πάντας τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἐν Βηθλεὲμ, καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς, ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κατωτέρω, κατὰ τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἠκρίβωσεν παρὰ τῶν μάγων.", "text": "Then *Hērōdēs*, *idōn hoti enepaichthē hypo tōn magōn*, *ethymōthē lian*, and *aposteilas*, *aneilen pantas tous paidas tous* in *Bēthleem*, and in all the *horiois autēs*, from *dietous* and *katōterō*, according to the *chronon* which *ēkribōsen para tōn magōn*.", "grammar": { "*Hērōdēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Herod", "*idōn*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having seen", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*enepaichthē*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was mocked", "*hypo*": "preposition + genitive - by", "*tōn magōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of the magi", "*ethymōthē*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was enraged", "*lian*": "adverb - exceedingly", "*aposteilas*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having sent", "*aneilen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - killed", "*pantas*": "accusative, masculine, plural - all", "*tous paidas*": "accusative, masculine, plural - the children", "*tous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - the ones", "*Bēthleem*": "dative, feminine, singular - Bethlehem", "*horiois*": "dative, neuter, plural - borders/regions", "*autēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of it", "*dietous*": "genitive, neuter, singular - two years old", "*katōterō*": "comparative adverb - under/below", "*kata*": "preposition + accusative - according to", "*chronon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - time", "*hon*": "relative pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - which", "*ēkribōsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - determined exactly", "*para*": "preposition + genitive - from", "*tōn magōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of the magi" }, "variants": { "*enepaichthē*": "was mocked/was deceived/was tricked", "*ethymōthē*": "was enraged/became furious/was angry", "*aneilen*": "killed/put to death/destroyed", "*paidas*": "children/boys/male children", "*horiois*": "borders/regions/territories", "*dietous*": "two years old/two year period" } }
• Acts 7:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Acts.7.19", "source": "Οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν, ἐκάκωσεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, τοῦ ποιεῖν ἔκθετα τὰ βρέφη αὐτῶν, εἰς τὸ μὴ ζωογονεῖσθαι.", "text": "*Houtos katasophisamenos to genos hēmōn, ekakōsen tous pateras hēmōn, tou poiein ektheta ta brephē autōn, eis to mē zōogoneisthai*.", "grammar": { "*Houtos*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular - this one", "*katasophisamenos*": "aorist middle participle, nominative masculine singular - having dealt craftily with", "*to genos*": "accusative neuter singular - the race/family", "*hēmōn*": "genitive plural personal pronoun - of us/our", "*ekakōsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - mistreated", "*tous pateras*": "accusative masculine plural - the fathers", "*hēmōn*": "genitive plural personal pronoun - of us/our", "*tou poiein*": "genitive articular infinitive - of the making/causing", "*ektheta*": "accusative neuter plural adjective - exposed/abandoned", "*ta brephē*": "accusative neuter plural - the infants", "*autōn*": "genitive plural pronoun - of them/their", "*eis to mē zōogoneisthai*": "preposition + articular infinitive with negative - so that they might not be preserved alive" }, "variants": { "*katasophisamenos*": "having dealt craftily with/having outwitted/having deceived", "*ekakōsen*": "mistreated/oppressed/ill-treated", "*tou poiein ektheta*": "to make exposed/to cause to be abandoned", "*brephē*": "infants/babies/young children", "*eis to mē zōogoneisthai*": "so that they might not live/survive/be preserved alive" } }
• Gen 6:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Genesis.6.14", "source": "עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ תֵּבַ֣ת עֲצֵי־גֹ֔פֶר קִנִּ֖ים תּֽ͏ַעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֶת־הַתֵּבָ֑ה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֛הּ מִבַּ֥יִת וּמִח֖וּץ בַּכֹּֽפֶר׃", "text": "*ʿăśēh* for you *tēbat* *ʿăṣê*-*gōp̄er* *qinnîm* *taʿăśeh* *ʾet*-*ha-tēbâ* and *kāp̄artā* *ʾōtāh* from *bayit* and from *ḥûṣ* with *kōp̄er*", "grammar": { "*ʿăśēh*": "qal imperative masculine singular - make", "*lĕkā*": "preposition + 2ms suffix - for yourself", "*tēbat*": "noun feminine singular construct - ark of", "*ʿăṣê*": "noun masculine plural construct - woods of", "*gōp̄er*": "noun masculine singular - gopher", "*qinnîm*": "noun masculine plural - compartments/nests/rooms", "*taʿăśeh*": "qal imperfect 2ms - you shall make", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ha-tēbâ*": "noun feminine singular with definite article - the ark", "*kāp̄artā*": "qal perfect 2ms - you shall cover", "*ʾōtāh*": "direct object marker + 3fs suffix - it", "*bayit*": "noun masculine singular with prefix preposition - from inside", "*ḥûṣ*": "noun masculine singular with prefix conjunction and preposition - and from outside", "*kōp̄er*": "noun masculine singular with prefix preposition - with pitch" }, "variants": { "*tēbat*": "ark/vessel/container", "*ʿăṣê-gōp̄er*": "gopher wood/cypress wood", "*qinnîm*": "compartments/nests/rooms/cells", "*kāp̄artā*": "cover/coat/seal", "*kōp̄er*": "pitch/bitumen/tar" } }
• Gen 11:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Genesis.11.3", "source": "וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֗הוּ הָ֚בָה נִלְבְּנָ֣ה לְבֵנִ֔ים וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה וַתְּהִ֨י לָהֶ֤ם הַלְּבֵנָה֙ לְאָ֔בֶן וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לַחֹֽמֶר׃", "text": "*wə-yōʾmᵊrû* *ʾîš* to-*rēʿēhû* *hābâ* *nilᵊbᵊnâ* *lᵊbēnîm* and-*niśᵊrᵊpâ* to-*śᵊrēpâ* *wə-tᵊhî* to-them the-*lᵊbēnâ* for-*ʾāben* and-the-*ḥēmār* *hāyâ* to-them for-*ḥōmer*", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾmᵊrû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said", "*ʾîš*": "noun masculine singular - man/each", "*rēʿēhû*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his neighbor", "*hābâ*": "verb qal imperative - give/come", "*nilᵊbᵊnâ*": "verb qal imperfect 1st plural cohortative - let us make bricks", "*lᵊbēnîm*": "noun feminine plural - bricks", "*niśᵊrᵊpâ*": "verb qal imperfect 1st plural cohortative - let us burn", "*śᵊrēpâ*": "noun feminine singular - burning", "*wə-tᵊhî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and it became", "*lᵊbēnâ*": "noun feminine singular - brick", "*ʾāben*": "noun feminine singular - stone", "*ḥēmār*": "noun masculine singular - asphalt/bitumen", "*hāyâ*": "verb qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was", "*ḥōmer*": "noun masculine singular - mortar/clay" }, "variants": { "*wə-yōʾmᵊrû*": "and they said/told/spoke", "*ʾîš*": "man/each one/person", "*rēʿēhû*": "his neighbor/companion/friend", "*hābâ*": "come!/give!/come now!", "*nilᵊbᵊnâ*": "let us make bricks", "*lᵊbēnîm*": "bricks", "*niśᵊrᵊpâ*": "let us burn", "*śᵊrēpâ*": "burning/firing", "*ḥēmār*": "bitumen/asphalt/tar", "*ḥōmer*": "mortar/cement/clay" } }
• Gen 14:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Genesis.14.10", "source": "וְעֵ֣מֶק הַשִׂדִּ֗ים בּֽ͏ֶאֱרֹ֤ת בֶּאֱרֹת֙ חֵמָ֔ר וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֥ם וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה וַיִּפְּלוּ־שָׁ֑מָּה וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים הֶ֥רָה נָּֽסוּ׃", "text": "*wə-ʿēmeq* *haś-śiddîm* *beʾĕrōṯ* *beʾĕrōṯ* *ḥēmār* *way-yānusû* *melek*-*səḏōm* *wa-ʿămōrāh* *way-yippəlû*-*šāmmāh* *wə-han-nišʾārîm* *herāh* *nāsû*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʿēmeq*": "conjunction + common noun, masculine singular, construct - and valley of", "*haś-śiddîm*": "definite article + proper noun - the Siddim", "*beʾĕrōṯ*": "common noun, feminine plural, repeated for emphasis - pits/wells", "*ḥēmār*": "common noun, masculine singular - bitumen/asphalt/tar", "*way-yānusû*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural - and they fled", "*melek*": "construct state noun, masculine singular - king of", "*səḏōm*": "proper noun, place name (Sodom)", "*wa-ʿămōrāh*": "conjunction + proper noun, place name (Gomorrah)", "*way-yippəlû*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural - and they fell", "*šāmmāh*": "adverb - there/therein", "*wə-han-nišʾārîm*": "conjunction + definite article + niphal participle, masculine plural - and the remaining ones", "*herāh*": "common noun with directional suffix - to the mountain/hill", "*nāsû*": "perfect, 3rd plural - they fled" }, "variants": { "*beʾĕrōṯ* *beʾĕrōṯ*": "pits upon pits/many wells/full of pits", "*ḥēmār*": "bitumen/asphalt/slime/tar", "*way-yippəlû*-*šāmmāh*": "fell there/fell into them", "*herāh*": "to the mountain/mountains/hill country" } }
• Exod 1:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Exodus.1.22", "source": "וַיְצַ֣ו פַּרְעֹ֔ה לְכָל־עַמּ֖וֹ לֵאמֹ֑ר כָּל־הַבֵּ֣ן הַיִּלּ֗וֹד הַיְאֹ֙רָה֙ תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּ וְכָל־הַבַּ֖ת תְּחַיּֽוּן׃", "text": "And *way-ṣaw* *parʿōh* to all *ʿammô* *lēʾmōr* all the *bēn* the *yillôd* into the *yəʾōrâ* *tašlîḵuhû* and all the *bat* *təḥayyûn*", "grammar": { "וַיְצַ֣ו": "conjunction *wə-* + verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, vav-consecutive - 'and he commanded'", "*parʿōh*": "proper noun - 'Pharaoh'", "לְכָל־עַמּ֖וֹ": "preposition + construct + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to all his people'", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + infinitive construct, Qal - 'saying'", "כָּל־הַבֵּ֣ן": "construct + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'every son'", "הַיִּלּ֗וֹד": "definite article + passive participle, masculine singular, Niphal - 'who is born'", "הַיְאֹ֙רָה֙": "definite article + noun, masculine singular + directional *hē* - 'into the Nile'", "תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּ": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'you shall cast him'", "וְכָל־הַבַּ֖ת": "conjunction *wə-* + construct + definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'and every daughter'", "תְּחַיּֽוּן": "verb, Piel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - 'you shall let live'" }, "variants": { "*way-ṣaw*": "he commanded, ordered, charged", "*ʿammô*": "his people, his nation", "*lēʾmōr*": "saying", "*bēn*": "son, male child", "*yillôd*": "born, being born", "*yəʾōrâ*": "into the Nile river", "*tašlîḵuhû*": "you shall cast/throw him", "*bat*": "daughter, female child", "*təḥayyûn*": "you shall let live, preserve alive" } }