26 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.31.26",
"source": "לָקֹ֗חַ אֵ֣ת סֵ֤פֶר הַתּוֹרָה֙ הַזֶּ֔ה וְשַׂמְתֶּ֣ם אֹת֔וֹ מִצַּ֛ד אֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְהָֽיָה־שָׁ֥ם בְּךָ֖ לְעֵֽד׃",
"text": "*lāqōaḥ ʾēt sēper ha-tôrāh ha-zeh wə-śamtem ʾōtô mi-ṣad ʾărôn bərît-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem wə-hāyāh-šām bəkā lə-ʿēd*",
"grammar": {
"*lāqōaḥ*": "Qal infinitive absolute - take",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*sēper*": "noun, masculine singular construct - book of",
"*ha-tôrāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the law",
"*ha-zeh*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this",
"*wə-śamtem*": "waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and place",
"*ʾōtô*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - it",
"*mi-ṣad*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - beside/at the side of",
"*ʾărôn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - ark of",
"*bərît-YHWH*": "noun, feminine singular construct + divine name - covenant of YHWH",
"*ʾĕlōhêkem*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God",
"*wə-hāyāh-šām*": "waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + adverb - and it will be there",
"*bəkā*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - against you",
"*lə-ʿēd*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for a witness"
},
"variants": {
"*lāqōaḥ*": "take/receive/accept",
"*sēper ha-tôrāh*": "book of the law/scroll of instruction/document of teaching",
"*mi-ṣad*": "beside/at the side of/next to",
"*bəkā*": "against you/concerning you/in you",
"*lə-ʿēd*": "for a witness/as testimony/as evidence"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.31.27",
"source": "כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֤י יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶֽת־מֶרְיְךָ֔ וְאֶֽת־עָרְפְּךָ֖ הַקָּשֶׁ֑ה הֵ֣ן בְּעוֹדֶנִּי֩ חַ֨י עִמָּכֶ֜ם הַיּ֗וֹם מַמְרִ֤ים הֱיִתֶם֙ עִם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְאַ֖ף כִּי־אַחֲרֵ֥י מוֹתִֽי׃",
"text": "For *ʾānōkî* *yādaʿtî* *ʾet*-*meryĕkā* *wĕ*-*ʾet*-*ʿorpĕkā* the *haqqāšeh*; *hēn* while-*bĕʿôdennî* *ḥay* with-you the-*hayyôm* *mamrîm* *hĕyîtem* with-*YHWH*, *wĕ*-moreover for-after *môtî*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for, because",
"*ʾānōkî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I (emphatic)",
"*yādaʿtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know/have known",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*meryĕkā*": "noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your rebellion/stubbornness",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʿorpĕkā*": "noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neck/stiffness",
"*haqqāšeh*": "definite article with adjective - the stiff/hard",
"*hēn*": "demonstrative particle - behold",
"*bĕʿôdennî*": "preposition with adverb and 1st person singular suffix - while I am still",
"*ḥay*": "adjective - living/alive",
"*ʿimmākem*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - with you",
"*hayyôm*": "definite article with noun - the day/today",
"*mamrîm*": "hiphil participle, masculine plural - being rebellious",
"*hĕyîtem*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you have been",
"*ʿim*": "preposition - with",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh",
"*wĕʾap*": "conjunction with adverb - and also/moreover",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that, for, because",
"*ʾaḥărê*": "preposition - after",
"*môtî*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - my death"
},
"variants": {
"*meryĕkā*": "rebellion/stubbornness/disobedience",
"*ʿorpĕkā*": "neck/stiffness (as metaphor for stubbornness)",
"*haqqāšeh*": "hard/stiff/difficult/stubborn",
"*hēn*": "behold/indeed/if",
"*mamrîm*": "rebelling/being disobedient/being contentious"
}
}
28 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.31.28",
"source": "הַקְהִ֧ילוּ אֵלַ֛י אֶת־כָּל־זִקְנֵ֥י שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖ם וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶ֑ם וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֔ם אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "*Haqhîlû* to-me *ʾet*-all-*ziqnê* *šibṭêkem* *wĕ*-*šōṭrêkem*, *wa*-*ʾădabbĕrāh* in-*ʾoznêhem* *ʾēt* the-*dĕbārîm* the-*hāʾēlleh*, *wĕ*-*ʾāʿîdāh* against-them *ʾet*-the-*haššāmayim* *wĕ*-*ʾet*-the-*hāʾāreṣ*.",
"grammar": {
"*haqhîlû*": "hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - assemble/gather",
"*ʾēlay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*kol*": "substantive - all of",
"*ziqnê*": "masculine plural construct noun - elders of",
"*šibṭêkem*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your tribes",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*šōṭrêkem*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your officers",
"*wa*": "consecutive conjunction",
"*ʾădabbĕrāh*": "piel cohortative, 1st person singular - let me speak",
"*bĕʾoznêhem*": "preposition with feminine plural noun and 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their ears",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*haddĕbārîm*": "definite article with masculine plural noun - the words",
"*hāʾēlleh*": "definite article with demonstrative adjective - these",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾāʿîdāh*": "hiphil cohortative, 1st person singular - let me call to witness",
"*bām*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - against them",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*haššāmayim*": "definite article with noun - the heavens",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article with noun - the earth"
},
"variants": {
"*haqhîlû*": "assemble/gather/convene",
"*ziqnê*": "elders/old men/leaders",
"*šōṭrêkem*": "officers/officials/scribes",
"*ʾădabbĕrāh*": "speak/declare/utter",
"*ʾāʿîdāh*": "call to witness/testify/warn",
"*bām*": "against them/with them/by them"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.31.29",
"source": "כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי אַחֲרֵ֤י מוֹתִי֙ כִּֽי־הַשְׁחֵ֣ת תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי אֶתְכֶ֑ם וְקָרָ֨את אֶתְכֶ֤ם הֽ͏ָרָעָה֙ בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַיָּמִ֔ים כִּֽי־תַעֲשׂ֤וּ אֶת־הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְהַכְעִיס֖וֹ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיכֶֽם׃",
"text": "For *yādaʿtî* after *môtî* that-*hašḥēt* *tašḥitûn* *wĕ*-*sartem* from-the-*hadderek* which *ṣiwwîtî* you, *wĕ*-*qārāʾt* you the-*hārāʿāh* in-*ʾaḥărît* the-*hayyāmîm* because-*taʿaśû* *ʾet*-the-*hāraʿ* in-*ʿênê* *YHWH* *lĕhakʿîsô* in-*maʿăśēh* *yĕdêkem*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for, because",
"*yādaʿtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know/have known",
"*ʾaḥărê*": "preposition - after",
"*môtî*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - my death",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that",
"*hašḥēt*": "hiphil infinitive absolute - utterly/certainly",
"*tašḥitûn*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will corrupt/destroy",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*sartem*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will turn aside",
"*min*": "preposition - from",
"*hadderek*": "definite article with noun - the way",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*ṣiwwîtî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - I commanded",
"*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*qārāʾt*": "qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will meet/encounter",
"*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you",
"*hārāʿāh*": "definite article with feminine noun - the evil/disaster",
"*bĕʾaḥărît*": "preposition with noun construct - in the end/latter part of",
"*hayyāmîm*": "definite article with masculine plural noun - the days",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because",
"*taʿaśû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will do",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*hāraʿ*": "definite article with noun - the evil",
"*bĕʿênê*": "preposition with construct noun - in the eyes of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh",
"*lĕhakʿîsô*": "preposition with hiphil infinitive construct and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to provoke him to anger",
"*bĕmaʿăśēh*": "preposition with construct noun - by the work of",
"*yĕdêkem*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your hands"
},
"variants": {
"*hašḥēt tašḥitûn*": "utterly corrupt/certainly ruin/completely destroy (emphatic construction)",
"*sartem*": "turn aside/deviate from/abandon",
"*hadderek*": "way/path/road (figuratively: manner of living)",
"*qārāʾt*": "meet/encounter/befall",
"*hārāʿāh*": "evil/disaster/calamity/misfortune",
"*ʾaḥărît hayyāmîm*": "end of days/latter days/future time",
"*hāraʿ*": "evil/wickedness/wrong",
"*lĕhakʿîsô*": "to provoke his anger/to vex him/to offend him"
}
}