וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ לָהֶ֜ם אֶת־קִרְיַת֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע אֲבִ֧י הָֽעֲנֹ֛וק הִ֥יא חֶבְרֹ֖ון בְּהַ֣ר יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָ סְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָ׃
And they gave them Qiryat-Arba, the father of the ʿAnaq, which is Ḥevron, in the hill country of Yehuda, and its pasturelands round about it.
Morphology
- וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ (vayittenu) – Root: נתן (n-t-n); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “And they gave”; Notes: Indicates a past action in narrative sequence.
- לָהֶ֜ם (lahem) – Root: הם (h-m); Form: Preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “to them”; Notes: Refers to the recipients, likely the Levites.
- אֶת־קִרְיַת֩ (et-Qiryat) – Root: קרית (q-r-y-t); Form: Noun, feminine singular construct; Translation: “Qiryat (city of)”; Notes: In construct form with “Arba.”
- אַרְבַּ֨ע (Arbaʿ) – Root: ארבע (ʾ-r-b-ʿ); Form: Numeral, masculine singular; Translation: “Arba”; Notes: Refers to a personal name, “Four.”
- אֲבִ֧י (ʾAvi) – Root: אב (ʾ-ʾ-b); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “the father of”; Notes: Describes Arba as the father of ʿAnaq.
- הָֽעֲנֹ֛וק (ha-ʿAnaq) – Root: ענק (ʿ-n-q); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “the ʿAnaq”; Notes: Likely refers to the ancestor of the ʿAnaqim, a race of giants.
- הִ֥יא (hi) – Root: הוא (h-w-ʾ); Form: Pronoun, feminine singular; Translation: “which is”; Notes: Identifies Qiryat-Arba as Ḥevron.
- חֶבְרֹ֖ון (Ḥevron) – Root: חברון (ḥ-v-r-n); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Ḥevron”; Notes: A significant city in Yehudah.
- בְּהַ֣ר (be-har) – Root: הר (h-r); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “in the hill country of”; Notes: The region where Ḥevron is located.
- יְהוּדָ֑ה (Yehudah) – Root: יהודה (y-h-d-h); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yehudah”; Notes: Refers to the tribe or land of Yehudah.
- וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָ (ve-et-migrasheha) – Root: מגרש (m-g-r-sh); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “and its pasturelands”; Notes: The lands surrounding Ḥevron.
- סְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָ (sevivoteha) – Root: סביב (s-v-v); Form: Noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “round about it”; Notes: Describes the location of the pasturelands.