רַ֣ק הָעָ֔ם מְזַבְּחִ֖ים בַּבָּמֹ֑ות כִּ֠י לֹא־נִבְנָ֥ה בַ֨יִת֙ לְשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵֽם׃ פ
Only the people were sacrificing at the high places, for a house had not been built for the Name of YHWH until those days.
Morphology
- רַ֣ק (raq) – Root: רק; Form: Adverb; Translation: “Only”; Notes: Restrictive particle emphasizing limitation or exclusivity.
- הָעָ֔ם (ha-ʿam) – Root: עם; Form: Noun, masculine singular, definite; Translation: “the people”; Notes: Definite by article; subject of the clause.
- מְזַבְּחִ֖ים (mezabbeḥim) – Root: זבח; Form: Piel participle masculine plural; Translation: “were sacrificing”; Notes: Continuous action; intensified form of the root.
- בַּבָּמֹ֑ות (ba-bāmot) – Root: במה; Form: Noun, feminine plural, definite (with preposition); Translation: “at the high places”; Notes: The preposition בְּ plus the definite article assimilates to form בַּ־.
- כִּ֠י (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “for”; Notes: Introduces reason or explanation.
- לֹא (lo) – Root: לא; Form: Negative particle; Translation: “not”; Notes: Denotes negation.
- נִבְנָ֥ה (nivneh) – Root: בנה; Form: Nifal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “had been built”; Notes: Passive voice; indicates completed state in past.
- בַ֨יִת (bayit) – Root: בית; Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute; Translation: “a house”; Notes: Indefinite; object of the verb.
- לְשֵׁ֣ם (le-shem) – Root: שם; Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular; Translation: “for the name”; Notes: Indicates purpose or dedication.
- יְהוָ֔ה (YHWH) – Root: יהוה; Form: Proper noun, divine name; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The Tetragrammaton, sacred name of God.
- עַ֖ד (ʿad) – Root: עד; Form: Preposition; Translation: “until”; Notes: Indicates duration up to a point in time.
- הַיָּמִ֥ים (ha-yamim) – Root: יום; Form: Noun, masculine plural, definite; Translation: “the days”; Notes: Definite by article; object of the preposition.
- הָהֵֽם (hahem) – Root: הוא; Form: Demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural; Translation: “those”; Notes: Modifies “the days” to specify time frame.