Genesis 50:21
{ "verseID": "Genesis.50.21", "source": "וְעַתָּה֙ אַל־תִּירָ֔אוּ אָנֹכִ֛י אֲכַלְכֵּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְאֶֽת־טַפְּכֶ֑ם וַיְנַחֵ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־לִבָּֽם׃", "text": "*Wə-ʿattāh* not-*tîrāʾû* *ʾānōḵî* *ʾăḵalkēl* *ʾeṯḵem* and-*ʾeṯ*-*ṭappəḵem* *wa-yənaḥēm* *ʾôṯām* *wa-yəḏabbēr* upon-*libbām*", "grammar": { "*Wə-ʿattāh*": "conjunction + adverb - and now", "*tîrāʾû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall fear", "*ʾānōḵî*": "1st common singular independent pronoun - I", "*ʾăḵalkēl*": "pilpel imperfect, 1st common singular - I will sustain", "*ʾeṯḵem*": "direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you", "*ṭappəḵem*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your little ones", "*wa-yənaḥēm*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he comforted", "*ʾôṯām*": "direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them", "*wa-yəḏabbēr*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he spoke", "*libbām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their heart" }, "variants": { "*ʾăḵalkēl*": "sustain/provide for/nourish", "*ṭappəḵem*": "little ones/children/families", "*yənaḥēm*": "comfort/console", "*yəḏabbēr ʿal-libbām*": "spoke to their hearts/spoke kindly to them" } }