וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל הִנֵּ֧ה אָנֹכִ֛י עֹשֶׂ֥ה דָבָ֖ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל־שֹׁ֣מְעֹ֔ו תְּצִלֶּ֖ינָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו׃
And YHWH said to Shemuʾel, “Behold, I am doing a thing in Yisraʾel, at which the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (va-yomer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal consecutive imperfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And He said”; Notes: Introduces YHWH’s speech.
- יְהוָה֙ (YHWH) – Root: יהוה (YHWH); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The speaker.
- אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל (el-Shemuʾel) – Root: שמואל (Shemuʾel); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular with preposition; Translation: “to Shemuʾel”; Notes: The recipient of YHWH’s message.
- הִנֵּ֧ה (hinneh) – Root: הנה (hinneh); Form: Interjection; Translation: “Behold”; Notes: Introduces an important statement.
- אָנֹכִ֛י (anokhi) – Root: אנכי (anokhi); Form: Pronoun, 1st person singular; Translation: “I”; Notes: Emphatic form of “I”.
- עֹשֶׂ֥ה (oseh) – Root: עשה (ʿasah); Form: Qal participle masculine singular; Translation: “doing”; Notes: Ongoing action.
- דָבָ֖ר (davar) – Root: דבר (davar); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “a thing”; Notes: Refers to a significant act.
- בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (be-Yisraʾel) – Root: ישראל (Yisraʾel); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular with preposition; Translation: “in Yisraʾel”; Notes: Specifies where the event will happen.
- אֲשֶׁר֙ (asher) – Root: אשר (ʾasher); Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “at which”; Notes: Introduces the consequence.
- כָּל־שֹׁ֣מְעֹ֔ו (kol-shomeʿo) – Root: שמע (shama); Form: Qal participle masculine singular with construct “kol”; Translation: “everyone who hears it”; Notes: Describes the recipients of the event.
- תְּצִלֶּ֖ינָה (tetsillena) – Root: צלל (tsalal); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural; Translation: “shall tingle”; Notes: A reaction to shock or fear.
- שְׁתֵּ֥י (shtei) – Root: שנים (shenayim); Form: Noun, feminine dual construct; Translation: “two”; Notes: Indicates both ears.
- אָזְנָֽיו (oznav) – Root: אוזן (ʾozen); Form: Noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “his ears”; Notes: Completes the expression of tingling ears.