2 {
"verseID": "Ezekiel.18.2",
"source": "מַה־לָּכֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֙ מֹֽשְׁלִים֙ אֶת־הַמָּשָׁ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר אָבוֹת֙ יֹ֣אכְלוּ בֹ֔סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י הַבָּנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃",
"text": "*mah*-*lākem* *ʾattem* *mōšəlîm* *ʾet*-*ha-māšāl* *ha-zeh* *ʿal*-*ʾadəmat* *yiśrāʾēl* *lēʾmōr* *ʾābôt* *yōʾkəlû* *bōser* *wə-* *šinnê* *ha-bānîm* *tiqəheynāh*",
"grammar": {
"*mah*": "interrogative - what",
"*lākem*": "preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you",
"*ʾattem*": "2nd masculine plural pronoun - you",
"*mōšəlîm*": "Qal participle masculine plural - using as proverb",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ha-māšāl*": "definite article with masculine singular noun - the proverb",
"*ha-zeh*": "definite article with demonstrative pronoun - this",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - concerning, about",
"*ʾadəmat*": "construct state, feminine singular - land of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition with Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*ʾābôt*": "masculine plural noun - fathers",
"*yōʾkəlû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they eat",
"*bōser*": "masculine singular noun - sour grapes",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*šinnê*": "construct state, feminine plural - teeth of",
"*ha-bānîm*": "definite article with masculine plural noun - the sons/children",
"*tiqəheynāh*": "Qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - set on edge, become blunt"
},
"variants": {
"*mōšəlîm*": "using as proverb/quoting/reciting",
"*māšāl*": "proverb/parable/byword",
"*ʾādəmat*": "land/ground/earth",
"*ʾābôt*": "fathers/ancestors/predecessors",
"*bōser*": "sour grapes/unripe fruit",
"*tiqəheynāh*": "set on edge/become blunt/be dulled"
}
}