Judges 2:1
{ "verseID": "Judges.2.1", "source": "וַיַּ֧עַל מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָ֛ה מִן־הַגִּלְגָּ֖ל אֶל־הַבֹּכִ֑ים פ וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אַעֲלֶ֨ה אֶתְכֶ֜ם מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם וָאָבִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ לַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וָאֹמַ֕ר לֹֽא־אָפֵ֧ר בְּרִיתִ֛י אִתְּכֶ֖ם לְעוֹלָֽם׃", "text": "And *wayyaʿal* *malʾaḵ*-*YHWH* from-the-*Gilgal* to-the-*Boḵim* and *wayyomer* I-will-bring-up *ʾet*-you from-*Miṣrayim* and-I-brought *ʾet*-you to-the-*ʾereṣ* which *nišbaʿtî* to-*ʾaḇôtêḵem* and-I-said not-I-will-break *bərîtî* with-you for-*ʿôlām*", "grammar": { "*wayyaʿal*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went up", "*malʾaḵ*-*YHWH*": "construct state - messenger/angel of YHWH", "*Gilgal*": "proper noun with definite article", "*Boḵim*": "proper noun with definite article - 'weepers'", "*wayyomer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt", "*ʾereṣ*": "feminine noun with definite article - land/earth", "*nišbaʿtî*": "niphal perfect, 1st singular - I swore", "*ʾaḇôtêḵem*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your fathers", "*bərîtî*": "feminine noun with 1st singular suffix - my covenant", "*ʿôlām*": "masculine noun - forever/eternity" }, "variants": { "*malʾaḵ*": "messenger/angel/representative", "*YHWH*": "proper name of Israel's God", "*wayyaʿal*": "went up/ascended/came up", "*Boḵim*": "place name meaning 'weepers'", "*ʾaʿăleh*": "I will bring up/cause to ascend", "*ʾereṣ*": "land/earth/ground/territory", "*ʾaḇôtêḵem*": "your forefathers/ancestors", "*ʾāpēr*": "break/violate/nullify", "*bərît*": "covenant/treaty/agreement", "*ʿôlām*": "forever/perpetuity/long duration" } }