וַיְהִי֩ כָל־הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים בַּיֹּ֤ום הַהוּא֙ מֵאִ֣ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁ֔ה שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר אָ֑לֶף כֹּ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעָֽי׃
And all who fell on that day, from man to woman, were twelve thousand, all the men of ʿAi.
Morphology
- וַיְהִי֩ (vayhi) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “and it was”; Notes: Introduces the narrative event.
- כָל־הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים (khol-hannofelim) – Root: נפל (naphal); Form: Qal participle masculine plural with definite article; Translation: “all who fell”; Notes: Describes those who were killed.
- בַּיֹּ֤ום (ba-yom) – Root: יום (yom); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “on the day”; Notes: Indicates the time.
- הַהוּא֙ (hahu) – Root: הוא (hu); Form: Demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular; Translation: “that”; Notes: Refers to a specific day.
- מֵאִ֣ישׁ (me-ish) – Root: איש (ish); Form: Noun, masculine singular with preposition; Translation: “from man”; Notes: Indicates the range starting from men.
- וְעַד־אִשָּׁ֔ה (ve-ʿad-ishshah) – Root: אשה (ishshah); Form: Noun, feminine singular with conjunction and preposition; Translation: “to woman”; Notes: Indicates the range ending with women.
- שְׁנֵ֥ים (shnem) – Root: שנים (shenayim); Form: Numeral, masculine dual; Translation: “twelve”; Notes: Part of the number phrase.
- עָשָׂ֖ר (asar) – Root: עשר (eser); Form: Numeral, masculine; Translation: “ten”; Notes: Completes the numeral phrase “twelve.”
- אָ֑לֶף (elef) – Root: אלף (elef); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “thousand”; Notes: Indicates the quantity.
- כֹ֖ל (khol) – Root: כל (kol); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “all”; Notes: Emphasizes totality.
- אַנְשֵׁ֥י (anshei) – Root: אנש (enosh); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct; Translation: “men of”; Notes: Describes the inhabitants.
- הָעָֽי׃ (haʿay) – Root: עי (ʿay); Form: Proper noun, feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “Haʿay”; Notes: Refers to the city whose inhabitants were killed.