1 Chronicles 12:41

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And their neighbors from as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought supplies on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—provisions of flour, cakes of figs, raisin clusters, wine, oil, cattle, and sheep in abundance. There was joy in Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַ֣ם הַקְּרֽוֹבִים־אֲ֠לֵיהֶם עַד־יִשָׂשכָ֨ר וּזְבֻל֜וּן וְנַפְתָּלִ֗י מְבִיאִ֣ים לֶ֡חֶם בַּחֲמוֹרִ֣ים וּבַגְּמַלִּ֣ים וּבַפְּרָדִ֣ים ׀ וּֽבַבָּקָ֡ר מַאֲכָ֡ל קֶ֠מַח דְּבֵלִ֨ים וְצִמּוּקִ֧ים וְיַֽיִן־וְשֶׁ֛מֶן וּבָקָ֥ר וְצֹ֖אן לָרֹ֑ב כִּ֥י שִׂמְחָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-gam the-qərôbîm-to-them as-far-as-yiśśāšār û-zəbûlûn wə-naptālî məbîʾîm leḥem on-the-ḥămôrîm and-on-the-gəmallîm and-on-the-pərādîm and-on-the-bāqār maʾăkāl qemaḥ dəbēlîm wə-ṣimmûqîm wə-yayin-wə-šemen û-bāqār wə-ṣōʾn to-abundance kî śimḥāh in-yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *wə-gam*: conjunction + adverb - and also
• *qərôbîm*: adjective masculine plural with definite article - the near ones/neighbors
• *yiśśāšār*: proper noun - Issachar
• *û-zəbûlûn*: conjunction + proper noun - and Zebulun
• *wə-naptālî*: conjunction + proper noun - and Naphtali
• *məbîʾîm*: participle masculine plural, hiphil - bringing
• *leḥem*: noun - bread/food
• *ḥămôrîm*: noun masculine plural with prefix preposition - on donkeys
• *gəmallîm*: noun masculine plural with prefix preposition - on camels
• *pərādîm*: noun masculine plural with prefix preposition - on mules
• *bāqār*: noun masculine collective with prefix preposition - on cattle
• *maʾăkāl*: noun masculine - food/provisions
• *qemaḥ*: noun masculine - flour/meal
• *dəbēlîm*: noun masculine plural - cakes of pressed figs
• *wə-ṣimmûqîm*: conjunction + noun masculine plural - and raisin clusters
• *wə-yayin*: conjunction + noun masculine - and wine
• *wə-šemen*: conjunction + noun masculine - and oil
• *û-bāqār*: conjunction + noun masculine collective - and cattle
• *wə-ṣōʾn*: conjunction + noun feminine collective - and flocks/sheep
• *lārōb*: preposition + noun - in abundance
• *kî*: conjunction - because/for
• *śimḥāh*: noun feminine - joy/gladness
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *qərôbîm*: near ones/neighbors/relatives/those who were near
• *məbîʾîm*: bringing/carrying/delivering
• *leḥem*: bread/food/provisions
• *maʾăkāl*: food/provisions/edibles
• *qemaḥ*: flour/meal/ground grain
• *dəbēlîm*: cakes of pressed figs/fig cakes
• *ṣimmûqîm*: raisin clusters/bunches of raisins
• *šemen*: oil/olive oil/fat
• *ṣōʾn*: flocks/sheep/goats
• *lārōb*: in abundance/plentifully/greatly
• *śimḥāh*: joy/gladness/rejoicing/celebration