7 {
"verseID": "Genesis.15.7",
"source": "וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑יו אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הוֹצֵאתִ֙יךָ֙ מֵא֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים לָ֧תֶת לְךָ֛ אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃",
"text": "And-*yōʾmer* to-him *ʾănî* *YHWH* *ʾăšer* *hôṣēʾṯîḵā* from-*ʾÛr* *Kaśdîm* to-*lāṯeṯ* to-you *et*-the-*ʾāreṣ* the-this to-*rištāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*yōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said",
"*ʾănî*": "1st person singular independent pronoun - I",
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that",
"*hôṣēʾṯîḵā*": "Hiphil perfect 1st person singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - I brought you out",
"*ʾÛr*": "proper name",
"*Kaśdîm*": "proper name - Chaldeans",
"*lāṯeṯ*": "Qal infinitive construct with prefix - to give",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - land/earth",
"*rištāh*": "Qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix and prefix - to possess it"
},
"variants": {
"*hôṣēʾṯîḵā*": "brought you out/led you out/caused you to go out",
"*ʾÛr*": "Ur/fire/light",
"*Kaśdîm*": "Chaldeans/Babylonians",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "land/earth/ground/territory",
"*rištāh*": "to possess it/to inherit it/to take possession of it"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Genesis.15.8",
"source": "וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהוִ֔ה בַּמָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע כִּ֥י אֽ͏ִירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃",
"text": "And-*yōʾmar* *ʾăḏōnāy* *YHWH* in-what *ʾēḏaʿ* that *ʾîrāšennāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*yōʾmar*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said",
"*ʾăḏōnāy*": "my Lord - divine title with 1st person suffix",
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*ʾēḏaʿ*": "Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will know",
"*ʾîrāšennāh*": "Qal imperfect 1st person singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - I will inherit/possess it"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾēḏaʿ*": "know/understand/perceive/recognize",
"*ʾîrāšennāh*": "I will inherit it/I will possess it/I will take possession of it"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Genesis.15.9",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו קְחָ֥ה לִי֙ עֶגְלָ֣ה מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת וְעֵ֥ז מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת וְאַ֣יִל מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ וְתֹ֖ר וְגוֹזָֽל׃",
"text": "And-*yōʾmer* to-him *qəḥāh* to-me *ʿeḡlāh* *məšulleešeṯ* and-*ʿēz* *məšulleešeṯ* and-*ʾayil* *məšullāš* and-*ṯōr* and-*ḡôzāl*.",
"grammar": {
"*yōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said",
"*qəḥāh*": "Qal imperative masculine singular - take",
"*ʿeḡlāh*": "feminine singular noun - heifer",
"*məšulleešeṯ*": "Pual participle feminine singular - three-year-old/divided in three",
"*ʿēz*": "feminine singular noun - she-goat",
"*məšulleešeṯ*": "Pual participle feminine singular - three-year-old/divided in three",
"*ʾayil*": "masculine singular noun - ram",
"*məšullāš*": "Pual participle masculine singular - three-year-old/divided in three",
"*ṯōr*": "masculine singular noun - turtledove",
"*ḡôzāl*": "masculine singular noun - young bird/young pigeon"
},
"variants": {
"*qəḥāh*": "take/fetch/get",
"*ʿeḡlāh*": "heifer/young cow",
"*məšulleešeṯ*": "three-year-old/threefold/divided in three",
"*ʿēz*": "she-goat/female goat",
"*ʾayil*": "ram/male sheep",
"*ṯōr*": "turtledove/dove",
"*ḡôzāl*": "young bird/young pigeon/fledgling"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Genesis.15.10",
"source": "וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֗לֶּה וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר אֹתָם֙ בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר׃",
"text": "And-*yiqqaḥ*-to-him *et*-all-these and-*yəḇattēr* them in-the-*tāweḵ* and-*yittēn* *ʾîš*-*biṯrô* to-*liqraʾṯ* *rēʿēhû* and-*et*-the-*ṣippōr* not *ḇāṯār*.",
"grammar": {
"*yiqqaḥ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he took",
"*yəḇattēr*": "Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he cut in two",
"*tāweḵ*": "masculine singular noun with prefix preposition - in the middle",
"*yittēn*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he placed",
"*ʾîš*": "each/every - idiomatic usage",
"*biṯrô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its piece",
"*liqraʾṯ*": "preposition - opposite/toward",
"*rēʿēhû*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its counterpart",
"*ṣippōr*": "feminine singular noun - bird",
"*ḇāṯār*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he cut in two"
},
"variants": {
"*yəḇattēr*": "cut in two/divide/split",
"*tāweḵ*": "middle/midst/center",
"*biṯrô*": "its piece/its half/its part",
"*liqraʾṯ*": "opposite/against/toward",
"*rēʿēhû*": "its counterpart/its companion/its friend/its other half",
"*ṣippōr*": "bird/fowl"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Genesis.15.11",
"source": "וַיֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖ם אַבְרָֽם׃",
"text": "And-*yēreḏ* the-*ʿayiṭ* upon-the-*pəḡārîm* and-*yaššēḇ* them *ʾAḇrām*.",
"grammar": {
"*yēreḏ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and came down",
"*ʿayiṭ*": "masculine singular collective noun - birds of prey",
"*pəḡārîm*": "masculine plural noun - carcasses",
"*yaššēḇ*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he drove away",
"*ʾAḇrām*": "proper name"
},
"variants": {
"*yēreḏ*": "came down/descended/swooped down",
"*ʿayiṭ*": "birds of prey/vultures/eagles",
"*pəḡārîm*": "carcasses/corpses/dead bodies",
"*yaššēḇ*": "drove away/caused to turn back/repelled"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Genesis.15.12",
"source": "וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לָב֔וֹא וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה נָפְלָ֣ה עַל־אַבְרָ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵימָ֛ה חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה נֹפֶ֥לֶת עָלָֽיו׃",
"text": "And-*yəhî* the-*šemeš* to-*lāḇôʾ* and-*tardēmāh* *nāp̄lāh* upon-*ʾAḇrām* and-*hinnēh* *ʾêmāh* *ḥăšēḵāh* *ḡəḏōlāh* *nōp̄eleṯ* upon-him.",
"grammar": {
"*yəhî*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular apocopated with waw consecutive - and it happened",
"*šemeš*": "feminine singular noun - sun",
"*lāḇôʾ*": "Qal infinitive construct with prefix - to come/go down",
"*tardēmāh*": "feminine singular noun - deep sleep",
"*nāp̄lāh*": "Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - fell",
"*ʾAḇrām*": "proper name",
"*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold",
"*ʾêmāh*": "feminine singular noun - terror/dread",
"*ḥăšēḵāh*": "feminine singular adjective - dark",
"*ḡəḏōlāh*": "feminine singular adjective - great",
"*nōp̄eleṯ*": "Qal participle feminine singular - falling"
},
"variants": {
"*yəhî*": "happened/came to pass/was",
"*šemeš*": "sun/sunlight",
"*lāḇôʾ*": "to come/to go down/to set",
"*tardēmāh*": "deep sleep/trance/stupor",
"*ʾêmāh*": "terror/dread/horror/fear",
"*ḥăšēḵāh*": "dark/darkness/obscurity",
"*nōp̄eleṯ*": "falling/descending/coming upon"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Genesis.15.13",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְאַבְרָ֗ם יָדֹ֨עַ תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי־גֵ֣ר ׀ יִהְיֶ֣ה זַרְעֲךָ֗ בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ לֹ֣א לָהֶ֔ם וַעֲבָד֖וּם וְעִנּ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃",
"text": "And-*yōʾmer* to-*ʾAḇrām* *yāḏōaʿ* *tēḏaʿ* that-*gēr* *yihyeh* *zarʿăḵā* in-*ʾereṣ* not to-them and-*ʿăḇāḏûm* and-*ʿinnû* them four *mēʾôṯ* *šānāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*yōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said",
"*ʾAḇrām*": "proper name",
"*yāḏōaʿ*": "Qal infinitive absolute - to know",
"*tēḏaʿ*": "Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will know",
"*gēr*": "masculine singular noun - sojourner/alien",
"*yihyeh*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be",
"*zarʿăḵā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring",
"*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular noun - land",
"*ʿăḇāḏûm*": "Qal perfect 3rd common plural with waw consecutive and 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they will serve them",
"*ʿinnû*": "Piel perfect 3rd common plural with waw consecutive - and they will afflict/oppress",
"*mēʾôṯ*": "feminine plural construct noun - hundreds of",
"*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year"
},
"variants": {
"*yāḏōaʿ* *tēḏaʿ*": "surely know/certainly know (emphatic construction)",
"*gēr*": "sojourner/alien/foreigner/stranger",
"*zarʿăḵā*": "your seed/your offspring/your descendants",
"*ʾereṣ*": "land/earth/territory/country",
"*ʿăḇāḏûm*": "serve them/be slaves to them/work for them",
"*ʿinnû*": "afflict/oppress/humble/mistreat"
}
}