{
"verseID": "Genesis.45.9",
"source": "מַהֲרוּ֮ וַעֲל֣וּ אֶל־אָבִי֒ וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ בִּנְךָ֣ יוֹסֵ֔ף שָׂמַ֧נִי אֱלֹהִ֛ים לְאָד֖וֹן לְכָל־מִצְרָ֑יִם רְדָ֥ה אֵלַ֖י אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹֽד׃",
"text": "*Mahărû* *waʿălû* *ʾel-ʾāḇî* *waʾămartem* *ʾēlāyw* *kōh* *ʾāmar* *binḵā* *Yôsēp̄* *śāmanî* *ʾĕlōhîm* *ləʾāḏôn* *ləḵāl-miṣrāyim* *rəḏāh* *ʾēlay* *ʾal-taʿămōḏ*",
"grammar": {
"מַהֲרוּ֮": "Piel imperative masculine plural - 'hurry/make haste'",
"וַעֲל֣וּ": "conjunction + Qal imperative masculine plural - 'and go up'",
"אֶל־אָבִי֒": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - 'to my father'",
"וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם": "conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - 'and say'",
"אֵלָ֗יו": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to him'",
"כֹּ֤ה": "adverb - 'thus'",
"אָמַר֙": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'said'",
"בִּנְךָ֣": "noun masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your son'",
"יוֹסֵ֔ף": "proper noun - 'Joseph'",
"שָׂמַ֧נִי": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - 'made me'",
"אֱלֹהִ֛ים": "noun masculine plural - 'God'",
"לְאָד֖וֹן": "preposition + noun masculine singular - 'as lord/master'",
"לְכָל־מִצְרָ֑יִם": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct + proper noun - 'over all Egypt'",
"רְדָ֥ה": "Qal imperative masculine singular - 'come down'",
"אֵלַ֖י": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - 'to me'",
"אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹֽד": "negative particle + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular jussive - 'do not delay'"
},
"variants": {
"*mahărû*": "hurry, make haste, be quick",
"*waʿălû*": "and go up, and ascend",
"*waʾămartem*": "and you shall say, and tell",
"*kōh*": "thus, so, in this manner",
"*ʾāmar*": "said, spoke, declared",
"*binḵā*": "your son",
"*śāmanî*": "made me, appointed me, established me",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God, gods, divine being",
"*ləʾāḏôn*": "as lord, as master, as ruler",
"*rəḏāh*": "come down, descend",
"*ʾal-taʿămōḏ*": "do not stand still, do not delay, do not tarry"
}
}