וְהָיָה֩ כִּי־יָבֹ֨אוּ עָלֶ֜יךָ כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה הַבְּרָכָה֙ וְהַקְּלָלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֙ אֶל־לְבָבֶ֔ךָ בְּכָל־הַגֹּויִ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִדִּיחֲךָ֛ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ שָֽׁמָּה׃
And it shall be when all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse which I have set before you—and you bring them back to your heart among all the nations where YHWH your God has driven you.
Morphology
- וְהָיָה (vehāyāh) – Root: היה; Form: Qal wayyiqtol (and it shall be), 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And it shall be”; Notes: Introduces a future conditional clause.
- כִּי־יָבֹאוּ (ki-yavōʾu) – Root: בוא; Form: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “when they come”; Notes: The particle כִּי introduces a temporal clause (“when”).
- עָלֶיךָ (ʿāleḵā) – Root: עלה; Form: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “upon you”.
- כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים (kol-haddəvārīm) – Root: דבר; Form: noun masculine plural with definite article; Translation: “all the words/things”.
- הָאֵלֶּה (hāʾēlleh) – Root: demonstrative pronoun; Form: masculine plural; Translation: “these”.
- הַבְּרָכָה (habberāḵāh) – Root: ברך; Form: noun feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the blessing”.
- וְהַקְּלָלָה (vehəqəlālāh) – Root: קלל; Form: noun feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “and the curse”.
- אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšer) – Form: relative pronoun; Translation: “which”.
- נָתַתִּי (nātattī) – Root: נתן; Form: Qal perfect, 1st person common singular; Translation: “I have set/given”; Notes: Refers to YHWH’s action in setting the blessing and curse before the people.
- לְפָנֶיךָ (ləfāneḵā) – Root: פנה; Form: preposition + noun masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “before you”.
- וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ (vahašēvōtā) – Root: שוב; Form: Hiphil wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “and you shall bring back/return”; Notes: Hiphil causative form, indicating reflection or internalization (“bring back to your heart”).
- אֶל־לְבָבֶךָ (ʾel-ləvāveḵā) – Root: לבב; Form: preposition + noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “to your heart”.
- בְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִם (bəḵol-haggōyim) – Root: גוי; Form: preposition + noun masculine plural with definite article; Translation: “among all the nations”.
- אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšer) – Form: relative pronoun; Translation: “where”.
- הִדִּיחֲךָ (hiddīḥăḵā) – Root: נדח; Form: Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “has driven you away”; Notes: Hiphil form expresses causation—YHWH caused the dispersion.
- יְהוָה (YHWH) – Form: proper noun; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The Tetragrammaton, the sacred name of God.
- אֱלֹהֶיךָ (ʾĕlōheḵā) – Root: אֱלֹהִים; Form: noun masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “your God”.
- שָׁמָּה (šāmmah) – Root: שם; Form: adverb; Translation: “there”.