{
"verseID": "Joshua.24.17",
"source": "כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ הוּא֩ הַמַּעֲלֶ֨ה אֹתָ֧נוּ וְאֶת־אֲבוֹתֵ֛ינוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣ית עֲבָדִ֑ים וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר עָשָׂ֣ה לְעֵינֵ֗ינוּ אֶת־הָאֹת֤וֹת הַגְּדֹלוֹת֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה וַֽיִּשְׁמְרֵ֗נוּ בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֣כְנוּ בָ֔הּ וּבְכֹל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבַ֖רְנוּ בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃",
"text": "*kî* *YHWH* *ʾĕlōhênû* *hûʾ* *ha-maʿăleh* *ʾōtānû* *wə-ʾet*-*ʾăbôtênû* *mē-ʾereṣ* *miṣrayim* *mi-bêt* *ʿăbādîm* *wa-ʾăšer* *ʿāśāh* *lə-ʿênênû* *ʾet*-*hā-ʾōtôt* *ha-gədōlôt* *hā-ʾēlleh* *wa-yišmərēnû* *bə-kol*-*ha-derek* *ʾăšer* *hālakənû* *bāh* *û-bə-kōl* *hā-ʿammîm* *ʾăšer* *ʿābarnû* *bə-qirbām*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*YHWH*": "divine name, tetragrammaton",
"*ʾĕlōhênû*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 1st person plural suffix - our God",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he",
"*ha-maʿăleh*": "definite article + hiphil participle, masculine singular - the one bringing up",
"*ʾōtānû*": "direct object marker + 1st person plural suffix - us",
"*wə-ʾet*": "conjunction + direct object marker",
"*ʾăbôtênû*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 1st person plural suffix - our fathers",
"*mē-ʾereṣ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from land of",
"*miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt",
"*mi-bêt*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from house of",
"*ʿăbādîm*": "noun, masculine plural - slaves/servants",
"*wa-ʾăšer*": "conjunction + relative particle - and who",
"*ʿāśāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he did/made",
"*lə-ʿênênû*": "preposition + noun, dual construct + 1st person plural suffix - before our eyes",
"*hā-ʾōtôt*": "definite article + noun, feminine plural - the signs",
"*ha-gədōlôt*": "definite article + adjective, feminine plural - the great",
"*hā-ʾēlleh*": "definite article + demonstrative adjective, plural - these",
"*wa-yišmərēnû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - and he kept/protected us",
"*bə-kol*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in all of",
"*ha-derek*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the way",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that",
"*hālakənû*": "qal perfect, 1st person plural - we walked",
"*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in it",
"*û-bə-kōl*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and among all",
"*hā-ʿammîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the peoples",
"*ʿābarnû*": "qal perfect, 1st person plural - we passed through",
"*bə-qirbām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their midst"
},
"variants": {
"*maʿăleh*": "bringing up/causing to ascend/offering up",
"*bêt ʿăbādîm*": "house of slaves/place of slavery/servitude",
"*ʾōtôt*": "signs/wonders/portents",
"*yišmərēnû*": "kept us/guarded us/protected us/watched over us",
"*derek*": "way/road/journey/path",
"*ʿābarnû*": "we passed through/we crossed over"
}
}