Genesis 35:5
{ "verseID": "Genesis.35.5", "source": "וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ וַיְהִ֣י ׀ חִתַּ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַל־הֶֽעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א רָֽדְפ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃", "text": "And *wayyissāʿû* and *wayȇhî* *ḥittat* *ʾĕlōhîm* upon *heʿārîm* *ʾăšer* *sȇbîbōtêhem* and *wȇlōʾ* *rādȇfû* after *bȇnê* *yaʿăqōb*.", "grammar": { "*wayyissāʿû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd common plural - and they journeyed", "*wayȇhî*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and there was", "*ḥittat*": "construct feminine singular noun - terror of", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun - God", "*heʿārîm*": "article + feminine plural noun - the cities", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that", "*sȇbîbōtêhem*": "feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their surroundings", "*wȇlōʾ*": "waw consecutive + negative particle - and not", "*rādȇfû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - they pursued", "*bȇnê*": "masculine plural construct noun - sons of", "*yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob" }, "variants": { "*wayyissāʿû*": "and they journeyed/and they set out/and they departed", "*ḥittat ʾĕlōhîm*": "terror of God/divine terror/dread from God", "*sȇbîbōtêhem*": "their surroundings/around them/their vicinity", "*rādȇfû*": "they pursued/they chased/they followed" } }