{
"verseID": "Genesis.28.14",
"source": "וְהָיָ֤ה זַרְעֲךָ֙ כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ יָ֥מָּה וָקֵ֖דְמָה וְצָפֹ֣נָה וָנֶ֑גְבָּה וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּ בְךָ֛ כָּל־מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָ֖ה וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ",
"text": "*wə-hāyâ* *zarʿăkā* like-*ʿăpar* the-*ʾāreṣ* *û-pāraṣtā* *yāmmâ* *wā-qēdəmâ* *wə-ṣāpōnâ* *wā-negbâ* *wə-nibrəkû* in-you all-*mišpəḥōt* the-*ʾădāmâ* and-in-*zarʿekā*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-hāyâ*": "waw conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and will be",
"*zarʿăkā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring",
"*ʿăpar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - dust of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular + definite article - the earth",
"*û-pāraṣtā*": "waw conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you will spread",
"*yāmmâ*": "noun, masculine singular + directional heh - westward",
"*wā-qēdəmâ*": "waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + directional heh - and eastward",
"*wə-ṣāpōnâ*": "waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + directional heh - and northward",
"*wā-negbâ*": "waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + directional heh - and southward",
"*wə-nibrəkû*": "waw conjunction + niphal perfect 3rd common plural - and will be blessed",
"*mišpəḥōt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - families/clans of",
"*ʾădāmâ*": "noun, feminine singular + definite article - the ground/earth",
"*zarʿekā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring"
},
"variants": {
"*hāyâ*": "will be/shall become",
"*zarʿăkā*": "your seed/your offspring/your descendants",
"*ʿăpar*": "dust/soil/dirt",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground",
"*pāraṣtā*": "you will spread/you will break forth/you will expand",
"*yāmmâ*": "westward/seaward/to the sea",
"*qēdəmâ*": "eastward/to the east",
"*ṣāpōnâ*": "northward/to the north",
"*negbâ*": "southward/to the south",
"*nibrəkû*": "will be blessed/will find blessing/will gain blessing",
"*mišpəḥōt*": "families/clans/tribes",
"*ʾădāmâ*": "ground/soil/earth"
}
}