כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ מְבִֽיאֲךָ֖ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ טֹובָ֑ה אֶ֚רֶץ נַ֣חֲלֵי מָ֔יִם עֲיָנֹת֙ וּתְהֹמֹ֔ת יֹצְאִ֥ים בַּבִּקְעָ֖ה וּבָהָֽר׃
For YHWH your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of streams of water, of springs and depths that flow out in the valley and in the hill country.
Morphology
- כִּ֚י (ki) – Root: כי (ki); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “for”; Notes: Introduces a reason or explanation.
- יְהוָ֣ה (YHWH) – Root: יהוה (YHWH); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The covenant name of God.
- אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (Elohekha) – Root: אלוה (ʾeloh); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “your God”; Notes: Indicates personal relationship.
- מְבִֽיאֲךָ֖ (meviʾakha) – Root: בוא (boʾ); Form: Hiphil participle masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “is bringing you”; Notes: Indicates causative action.
- אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ (el-erets) – Root: ארץ (erets); Form: Noun, feminine singular; Translation: “into a land”; Notes: Refers to the promised land.
- טֹובָ֑ה (tovah) – Root: טוב (tov); Form: Adjective, feminine singular; Translation: “good”; Notes: Describes the land as desirable and fruitful.
- אֶ֚רֶץ (erets) – Root: ארץ (erets); Form: Noun, feminine singular; Translation: “a land”; Notes: Repeated for emphasis.
- נַ֣חֲלֵי (nachalei) – Root: נחל (nachal); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct; Translation: “streams of”; Notes: Indicates flowing waters.
- מָ֔יִם (mayim) – Root: מים (mayim); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “water”; Notes: Signifies abundant and essential resources.
- עֲיָנֹת֙ (ayanot) – Root: עין (ayin); Form: Noun, feminine plural; Translation: “springs”; Notes: Refers to natural sources of water.
- וּתְהֹמֹ֔ת (u-tehomot) – Root: תהום (tehom); Form: Noun, feminine plural; Translation: “and depths”; Notes: Indicates underground or deep water sources.
- יֹצְאִ֥ים (yotsʾim) – Root: יצא (yatsa); Form: Qal participle masculine plural; Translation: “flowing out”; Notes: Describes the action of water emerging.
- בַּבִּקְעָ֖ה (ba-biqʿah) – Root: בקעה (biqʿah); Form: Noun, feminine singular with preposition ב; Translation: “in the valley”; Notes: Refers to lowlands.
- וּבָהָֽר׃ (u-va-har) – Root: הר (har); Form: Noun, masculine singular with preposition ב; Translation: “and in the hill country”; Notes: Refers to highlands.