{
"verseID": "Joshua.18.8",
"source": "וַיָּקֻמוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיֵּלֵכוּ וַיְצַו יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הַהֹלְכִים לִכְתֹּב אֶת־הָאָרֶץ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ וְהִתְהַלְּכוּ בָאָרֶץ וְכִתְבוּ אוֹתָהּ וְשׁוּבוּ אֵלַי וּפֹה אַשְׁלִיךְ לָכֶם גּוֹרָל לִפְנֵי יְהוָה בְּשִׁלֹה",
"text": "*wa-yyāqūmû hā-ʾănāšîm wa-yyēlēkû wa-yṣaw yəhôšuaʿ ʾet-ha-hōləkîm liktōb ʾet-hāʾāreṣ lēʾmōr ləkû wə-hithallǝkû bā-ʾāreṣ wə-kitbû ʾôtāh wə-šûbû ʾēlay û-pōh ʾašlîk lākem gôrāl lipnê YHWH bə-šilōh*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yyāqūmû*": "consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they arose",
"*hā-ʾănāšîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the men",
"*wa-yyēlēkû*": "consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they went",
"*wa-yṣaw*": "consecutive waw + Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he commanded",
"*yəhôšuaʿ*": "proper noun - Joshua",
"*ʾet-ha-hōləkîm*": "direct object marker + definite article + Qal participle, masculine plural - the ones going",
"*liktōb*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to write/record",
"*ʾet-hāʾāreṣ*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*ləkû*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural - go",
"*wə-hithallǝkû*": "conjunctive waw + Hithpael imperative, masculine plural - and walk about",
"*bā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the land",
"*wə-kitbû*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperative, masculine plural - and write",
"*ʾôtāh*": "direct object marker with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it (the land)",
"*wə-šûbû*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperative, masculine plural - and return",
"*ʾēlay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me",
"*û-pōh*": "conjunctive waw + adverb - and here",
"*ʾašlîk*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will cast",
"*lākem*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you",
"*gôrāl*": "noun, masculine singular - lot",
"*lipnê*": "preposition + construct state - before",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD",
"*bə-šilōh*": "preposition + proper noun - in Shiloh"
},
"variants": {
"*wa-yyāqūmû*": "arose/got up/departed",
"*wa-yṣaw*": "commanded/instructed/ordered",
"*ha-hōləkîm*": "the ones going/travelers/those departing",
"*liktōb*": "to write/record/map",
"*wə-hithallǝkû*": "walk through/traverse/go about",
"*wə-kitbû*": "write/record/describe",
"*ʾašlîk*": "I will cast/throw/draw"
}
}