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"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.11",
"source": "וּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם׃",
"text": "*û-nəmaltem* *ʾēt* *bəśar* *ʿorlat'ḵem* *wə-hāyāh* *lə-ʾôt* *bərît* *bênî* *û-ḇênêḵem*",
"grammar": {
"*û-nəmaltem*": "conjunction + niphal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall circumcise",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*bəśar*": "noun masculine singular construct - flesh of",
"*ʿorlat'ḵem*": "noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your foreskin",
"*wə-hāyāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it shall be",
"*lə-ʾôt*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - for a sign of",
"*bərît*": "noun feminine singular - covenant",
"*bênî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - between me",
"*û-ḇênêḵem*": "conjunction + preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and between you (plural)"
},
"variants": {
"*bəśar*": "flesh/body/skin/meat",
"*ʿorlah*": "foreskin/uncircumcision",
"*ʾôt*": "sign/mark/token/symbol"
}
}
12{
"verseID": "Genesis.17.12",
"source": "וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא׃",
"text": "*û-ḇen*-*šəmōnat* *yāmîm* *yimmôl* *lāḵem* *kol*-*zāḵār* *lə-ḏōrōtêḵem* *yəlîḏ* *bāyit* *û-miqnat*-*kesep̄* *mikkōl* *ben*-*nēḵār* *ʾăšer* *lōʾ* *mi-zarʿăḵā* *hûʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*û-ḇen*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and son of",
"*šəmōnat*": "cardinal number feminine singular construct - eight of",
"*yāmîm*": "noun masculine plural - days",
"*yimmôl*": "niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall be circumcised",
"*lāḵem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you (plural)",
"*kol*": "noun masculine singular construct - every",
"*zāḵār*": "noun masculine singular - male",
"*lə-ḏōrōtêḵem*": "preposition + noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - throughout your generations",
"*yəlîḏ*": "noun masculine singular construct - one born in",
"*bāyit*": "noun masculine singular - house",
"*û-miqnat*": "conjunction + noun feminine singular construct - and acquisition of",
"*kesep̄*": "noun masculine singular - money/silver",
"*mikkōl*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - from every",
"*ben*": "noun masculine singular construct - son of",
"*nēḵār*": "noun masculine singular - foreigner/stranger",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - who/which",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*mi-zarʿăḵā*": "preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your offspring",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he"
},
"variants": {
"*yəlîḏ bāyit*": "house-born/born in household/home-born slave",
"*miqnat-kesep̄*": "purchased with money/bought with silver",
"*ben-nēḵār*": "foreigner/stranger/alien"
}
}