וַיֹּ֣אמֶר כָּלֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁר־יַכֶּ֥ה אֶת־קִרְיַת־סֵ֖פֶר וּלְכָדָ֑הּ וְנָתַ֥תִּי לֹ֛ו אֶת־עַכְסָ֥ה בִתִּ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
And Kalev said, “Whoever strikes Qiryat-Sefer and captures it, I will give him my daughter ʿAḵsa as a wife.”
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (va-yomer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he said”; Notes: Introduces direct speech.
- כָּלֵ֔ב (Kalev) – Root: כלב (Kalev); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Kalev”; Notes: The biblical figure from the tribe of Yehudah.
- אֲשֶׁר־יַכֶּ֥ה (ʾasher-yakkeh) – Root: נכה (nakah); Form: Hifil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “Whoever strikes”; Notes: Introduces a conditional clause.
- אֶת־קִרְיַת־סֵ֖פֶר (et-Qiryat-Sefer) – Root: קריה (qiryah) & ספר (sefer); Form: Proper noun construct; Translation: “Qiryat-Sefer”; Notes: A city in the tribal territory of Yehudah.
- וּלְכָדָ֑הּ (u-lekhadah) – Root: לכד (lakhad); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “and captures it”; Notes: Refers to the conquest of the city.
- וְנָתַ֥תִּי (ve-natatti) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Qal perfect 1st person singular; Translation: “I will give”; Notes: A future promise.
- לֹ֛ו (lo) – Root: לו (lo); Form: Prepositional phrase; Translation: “to him”; Notes: Specifies the recipient of the reward.
- אֶת־עַכְסָ֥ה (et-ʿAḵsah) – Root: עכסה (ʿAḵsah); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “ʿAḵsah”; Notes: The daughter of Kalev.
- בִתִּ֖י (bitti) – Root: בת (bat); Form: Noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix; Translation: “my daughter”; Notes: Shows possession.
- לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (le-ishah) – Root: אשה (ishah); Form: Noun, feminine singular with preposition; Translation: “as a wife”; Notes: Indicates marriage.