4{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.4",
"source": "אֲנִ֕י הִנֵּ֥ה בְרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וְהָיִ֕יתָ לְאַ֖ב הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִֽם׃",
"text": "*ʾănî* *hinnēh* *bərîtî* *ʾittāḵ* *wə-hāyîtā* *lə-ʾaḇ* *hămôn* *gôyîm*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾănî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I",
"*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/look/see",
"*bərîtî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant",
"*ʾittāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you",
"*wə-hāyîtā*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you will be/become",
"*lə-ʾaḇ*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - for father of",
"*hămôn*": "noun masculine singular construct - multitude/crowd of",
"*gôyîm*": "noun masculine plural - nations/peoples/gentiles"
},
"variants": {
"*hinnēh*": "behold/look/see here (drawing attention)",
"*hămôn*": "multitude/crowd/abundance/noise",
"*gôyîm*": "nations/peoples/gentiles/non-Israelites"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.5",
"source": "וְלֹא־יִקָּרֵ֥א ע֛וֹד אֶת־שִׁמְךָ֖ אַבְרָ֑ם וְהָיָ֤ה שִׁמְךָ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם כִּ֛י אַב־הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃",
"text": "*wə-lōʾ*-*yiqqārēʾ* *ʿôḏ* *ʾet*-*šimḵā* *ʾAḇrām* *wə-hāyāh* *šimḵā* *ʾAḇrāhām* *kî* *ʾaḇ*-*hămôn* *gôyîm* *nətattîḵā*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*yiqqārēʾ*": "niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be called",
"*ʿôḏ*": "adverb - again/still/anymore",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*šimḵā*": "noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name",
"*ʾAḇrām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Abram",
"*wə-hāyāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it will be",
"*šimḵā*": "noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name",
"*ʾAḇrāhām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*ʾaḇ*": "noun masculine singular construct - father of",
"*hămôn*": "noun masculine singular construct - multitude of",
"*gôyîm*": "noun masculine plural - nations/peoples",
"*nətattîḵā*": "qal perfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I have made you"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾAḇrām*": "exalted father/high father",
"*ʾAḇrāhām*": "father of a multitude/father of many",
"*nətattîḵā*": "I have given/placed/set/appointed you"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.6",
"source": "וְהִפְרֵתִ֤י אֹֽתְךָ֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ לְגוֹיִ֑ם וּמְלָכִ֖ים מִמְּךָ֥ יֵצֵֽאוּ׃",
"text": "*wə-hip̄rētî* *ʾōtəḵā* *bi-məʾōḏ* *məʾōḏ* *û-nətattîḵā* *lə-gôyîm* *û-məlāḵîm* *mimməḵā* *yēṣēʾû*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-hip̄rētî*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I will make fruitful",
"*ʾōtəḵā*": "direct object marker + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - you",
"*bi-məʾōḏ*": "preposition + noun - in abundance/exceedingly",
"*məʾōḏ*": "noun - very much/exceedingly (repetition for emphasis)",
"*û-nətattîḵā*": "conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and I will make you",
"*lə-gôyîm*": "preposition + noun masculine plural - into nations",
"*û-məlāḵîm*": "conjunction + noun masculine plural - and kings",
"*mimməḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from you",
"*yēṣēʾû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will come out/go forth"
},
"variants": {
"*hip̄rētî*": "make fruitful/make productive/cause to be fertile",
"*nətattîḵā*": "give you/set you/establish you",
"*yēṣēʾû*": "come out/go forth/proceed/emerge"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.7",
"source": "וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֜י בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ וּבֵ֨ין זַרְעֲךָ֧ אַחֲרֶ֛יךָ לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם לִבְרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֑ם לִהְי֤וֹת לְךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃",
"text": "*wa-hăqîmōtî* *ʾet*-*bərîtî* *bênî* *û-ḇêneḵā* *û-ḇên* *zarʿăḵā* *ʾaḥăreḵā* *lə-ḏōrōtām* *li-ḇərît* *ʿôlām* *li-hyôt* *ləḵā* *lēʾlōhîm* *û-lə-zarʿăḵā* *ʾaḥăreḵā*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-hăqîmōtî*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I will establish",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*bərîtî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant",
"*bênî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - between me",
"*û-ḇêneḵā*": "conjunction + preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and between you",
"*û-ḇên*": "conjunction + preposition - and between",
"*zarʿăḵā*": "noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring",
"*ʾaḥăreḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - after you",
"*lə-ḏōrōtām*": "preposition + noun masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - throughout their generations",
"*li-ḇərît*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - for a covenant of",
"*ʿôlām*": "noun masculine singular - everlasting/perpetuity",
"*li-hyôt*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to be",
"*ləḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*lēʾlōhîm*": "preposition + noun masculine plural - God/for God",
"*û-lə-zarʿăḵā*": "conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and to your seed/offspring",
"*ʾaḥăreḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - after you"
},
"variants": {
"*hăqîmōtî*": "establish/confirm/ratify/fulfill",
"*zarʿăḵā*": "seed/offspring/descendants/posterity",
"*ʿôlām*": "everlasting/perpetual/eternal/indefinite time"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.8",
"source": "וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת ׀ אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃",
"text": "*wə-nātattî* *ləḵā* *û-lə-zarʿăḵā* *ʾaḥăreḵā* *ʾēt* *ʾereṣ* *məgureḵā* *ʾēt* *kol*-*ʾereṣ* *Kənaʿan* *la-ʾăḥuzzat* *ʿôlām* *wə-hāyîtî* *lāhem* *lēʾlōhîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-nātattî*": "conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will give",
"*ləḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*û-lə-zarʿăḵā*": "conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and to your seed/offspring",
"*ʾaḥăreḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - after you",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular construct - land of",
"*məgureḵā*": "noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sojournings",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*kol*": "noun masculine singular construct - all of",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular construct - land of",
"*Kənaʿan*": "proper noun - Canaan",
"*la-ʾăḥuzzat*": "preposition + noun feminine singular construct - for a possession of",
"*ʿôlām*": "noun masculine singular - everlasting/perpetuity",
"*wə-hāyîtî*": "conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will be",
"*lāhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*lēʾlōhîm*": "preposition + noun masculine plural - for God"
},
"variants": {
"*məgureḵā*": "sojournings/dwelling as alien/temporary residence",
"*ʾăḥuzzat*": "possession/property/holding",
"*ʿôlām*": "everlasting/perpetual/eternal/indefinite time"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.9",
"source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם וְאַתָּ֖ה אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֑ר אַתָּ֛ה וְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אֽ͏ַחֲרֶ֖יךָ לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃",
"text": "*wa-yōʾmer* *ʾĔlōhîm* *ʾel*-*ʾAḇrāhām* *wə-ʾattāh* *ʾet*-*bərîtî* *tišmōr* *ʾattāh* *wə-zarʿăḵā* *ʾaḥăreḵā* *lə-ḏōrōtām*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said",
"*ʾĔlōhîm*": "noun masculine plural - God",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to/unto",
"*ʾAḇrāhām*": "proper noun masculine singular - Abraham",
"*wə-ʾattāh*": "conjunction + 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - and you",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*bərîtî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant",
"*tišmōr*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall keep",
"*ʾattāh*": "2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you",
"*wə-zarʿăḵā*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your seed/offspring",
"*ʾaḥăreḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - after you",
"*lə-ḏōrōtām*": "preposition + noun masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - throughout their generations"
},
"variants": {
"*tišmōr*": "keep/observe/guard/preserve",
"*zarʿăḵā*": "seed/offspring/descendants/posterity",
"*lə-ḏōrōtām*": "throughout their generations/for their generations"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.10",
"source": "זֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֞י אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ הִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם כָּל־זָכָֽר׃",
"text": "*zōʾt* *bərîtî* *ʾăšer* *tišmərû* *bênî* *û-ḇênêḵem* *û-ḇên* *zarʿăḵā* *ʾaḥăreḵā* *himmôl* *lāḵem* *kol*-*zāḵār*",
"grammar": {
"*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun feminine singular - this",
"*bərîtî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that",
"*tišmərû*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall keep",
"*bênî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - between me",
"*û-ḇênêḵem*": "conjunction + preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and between you (plural)",
"*û-ḇên*": "conjunction + preposition - and between",
"*zarʿăḵā*": "noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring",
"*ʾaḥăreḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - after you",
"*himmôl*": "niphal infinitive absolute - to be circumcised",
"*lāḵem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for yourselves",
"*kol*": "noun masculine singular construct - every",
"*zāḵār*": "noun masculine singular - male"
},
"variants": {
"*tišmərû*": "keep/observe/guard/preserve (plural)",
"*himmôl*": "to be circumcised/circumcising",
"*zāḵār*": "male/man-child"
}
}