23{
"verseID": "Exodus.4.23",
"source": "וָאֹמַ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ שַׁלַּ֤ח אֶת־בְּנִי֙ וְיַֽעַבְדֵ֔נִי וַתְּמָאֵ֖ן לְשַׁלְּח֑וֹ הִנֵּה֙ אָנֹכִ֣י הֹרֵ֔ג אֶת־בִּנְךָ֖ בְּכֹרֶֽךָ׃",
"text": "And-*ʾōmar* to-you *šallaḥ* *ʾet*-*bĕnî* and-*yaʿabdēnî* and-*tĕmāʾēn* to-*šallĕḥô* *hinnēh* *ʾānōkî* *hōrēg* *ʾet*-*binkā* *bĕkōrekā*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾōmar*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular with waw conversive - I said",
"*šallaḥ*": "piel imperative, masculine singular - send away",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*bĕnî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son",
"*yaʿabdēnî*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he may serve me",
"*tĕmāʾēn*": "piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with waw conversive - you refused",
"*šallĕḥô*": "piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to send him away",
"*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold",
"*ʾānōkî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I",
"*hōrēg*": "qal participle, masculine singular - killing",
"*binkā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your son",
"*bĕkōrekā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your firstborn"
},
"variants": {
"*šallaḥ*": "send away/let go/release",
"*yaʿabdēnî*": "serve me/worship me/minister to me",
"*tĕmāʾēn*": "refused/were unwilling/declined",
"*hōrēg*": "killing/about to kill/will kill"
}
}
24{
"verseID": "Exodus.4.24",
"source": "וַיְהִ֥י בַדֶּ֖רֶךְ בַּמָּל֑וֹן וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁ֣הוּ יְהוָ֔ה וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ הֲמִיתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "And *yĕhî* in-the-*derek* in-the-*mālôn* and *yipgĕšēhû* *YHWH* and *yĕbaqqēš* *hămîtô*.",
"grammar": {
"*yĕhî*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - it happened",
"*derek*": "noun, masculine singular - way/road",
"*mālôn*": "noun, masculine singular - lodging place",
"*yipgĕšēhû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix with waw conversive - he met him",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the divine name",
"*yĕbaqqēš*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - he sought",
"*hămîtô*": "hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to kill him"
},
"variants": {
"*mālôn*": "lodging place/inn/place of overnight stay",
"*yipgĕšēhû*": "met him/encountered him",
"*yĕbaqqēš hămîtô*": "sought to kill him/tried to put him to death"
}
}
25{
"verseID": "Exodus.4.25",
"source": "וַתִּקַּ֨ח צִפֹּרָ֜ה צֹ֗ר וַתִּכְרֹת֙ אֶת־עָרְלַ֣ת בְּנָ֔הּ וַתַּגַּ֖ע לְרַגְלָ֑יו וַתֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֧י חֲתַן־דָּמִ֛ים אַתָּ֖ה לִֽי׃",
"text": "And *tiqqaḥ* *Ṣippōrâh* *ṣōr* and *tikrōt* *ʾet*-*ʿorlat* *bĕnāh* and *tagga*ʿ to-*raglāyw* and *tōʾmer* that *ḥătan*-*dāmîm* *ʾattâh* to-me.",
"grammar": {
"*tiqqaḥ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw conversive - she took",
"*Ṣippōrâh*": "proper noun, feminine singular - Zipporah",
"*ṣōr*": "noun, masculine singular - flint",
"*tikrōt*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw conversive - she cut off",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʿorlat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - foreskin of",
"*bĕnāh*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her son",
"*tagga*ʿ": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw conversive - she touched",
"*raglāyw*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his feet",
"*tōʾmer*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw conversive - she said",
"*ḥătan*": "noun, masculine singular construct - bridegroom of",
"*dāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - blood",
"*ʾattâh*": "pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣōr*": "flint/sharp stone",
"*raglāyw*": "his feet/his legs/possibly euphemism for genitals",
"*ḥătan-dāmîm*": "bridegroom of blood/bloody husband/blood-relative"
}
}