Genesis 45:9
{ "verseID": "Genesis.45.9", "source": "מַהֲרוּ֮ וַעֲל֣וּ אֶל־אָבִי֒ וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ בִּנְךָ֣ יוֹסֵ֔ף שָׂמַ֧נִי אֱלֹהִ֛ים לְאָד֖וֹן לְכָל־מִצְרָ֑יִם רְדָ֥ה אֵלַ֖י אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹֽד׃", "text": "*Mahărû* *waʿălû* *ʾel-ʾāḇî* *waʾămartem* *ʾēlāyw* *kōh* *ʾāmar* *binḵā* *Yôsēp̄* *śāmanî* *ʾĕlōhîm* *ləʾāḏôn* *ləḵāl-miṣrāyim* *rəḏāh* *ʾēlay* *ʾal-taʿămōḏ*", "grammar": { "מַהֲרוּ֮": "Piel imperative masculine plural - 'hurry/make haste'", "וַעֲל֣וּ": "conjunction + Qal imperative masculine plural - 'and go up'", "אֶל־אָבִי֒": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - 'to my father'", "וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם": "conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - 'and say'", "אֵלָ֗יו": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to him'", "כֹּ֤ה": "adverb - 'thus'", "אָמַר֙": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'said'", "בִּנְךָ֣": "noun masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your son'", "יוֹסֵ֔ף": "proper noun - 'Joseph'", "שָׂמַ֧נִי": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - 'made me'", "אֱלֹהִ֛ים": "noun masculine plural - 'God'", "לְאָד֖וֹן": "preposition + noun masculine singular - 'as lord/master'", "לְכָל־מִצְרָ֑יִם": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct + proper noun - 'over all Egypt'", "רְדָ֥ה": "Qal imperative masculine singular - 'come down'", "אֵלַ֖י": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - 'to me'", "אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹֽד": "negative particle + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular jussive - 'do not delay'" }, "variants": { "*mahărû*": "hurry, make haste, be quick", "*waʿălû*": "and go up, and ascend", "*waʾămartem*": "and you shall say, and tell", "*kōh*": "thus, so, in this manner", "*ʾāmar*": "said, spoke, declared", "*binḵā*": "your son", "*śāmanî*": "made me, appointed me, established me", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God, gods, divine being", "*ləʾāḏôn*": "as lord, as master, as ruler", "*rəḏāh*": "come down, descend", "*ʾal-taʿămōḏ*": "do not stand still, do not delay, do not tarry" } }