וַיָּ֖קָם וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ בְּכֹ֣חַ הָאֲכִילָ֣ה הַהִ֗יא אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יֹום֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה עַ֛ד הַ֥ר הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים חֹרֵֽב׃
And he arose and ate and drank, and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Ḥorev.
Morphology
- וַיָּ֖קָם (va-yaqam) – Root: קום (qum); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3ms; Translation: “And he arose”; Notes: Immediate response to the angelic command.
- וַיֹּ֣אכַל (va-yoʾkhal) – Root: אכל (ʾakal); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3ms; Translation: “and ate”; Notes: Continues the act of physical nourishment.
- וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה (va-yishteh) – Root: שתה (shatah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3ms; Translation: “and drank”; Notes: Completes the eating and drinking sequence.
- וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ (va-yelekh) – Root: הלך (halakh); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3ms; Translation: “and he went”; Notes: Beginning of a significant journey.
- בְּכֹ֣חַ (be-koʿaḥ) – Root: כח (koʿaḥ); Form: Noun masculine singular with preposition; Translation: “in the strength”; Notes: Instrumental use indicating empowerment by the meal.
- הָאֲכִילָ֣ה (ha-akhilah) – Root: אכל (ʾakal); Form: Noun feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the food”; Notes: Refers specifically to the divinely provided nourishment.
- הַהִ֗יא (ha-hi) – Root: הוא (hu); Form: Demonstrative pronoun feminine singular; Translation: “that”; Notes: Specifies which food sustained him.
- אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יֹום֙ (arbaʿim yom) – Root: ארבע (arbaʿ), יום (yom); Form: Numeral + noun; Translation: “forty days”; Notes: A significant biblical period of testing or journeying.
- וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה (ve-arbaʿim laylah) – Root: ארבע (arbaʿ), לילה (laylah); Form: Numeral + noun; Translation: “and forty nights”; Notes: Emphasizes the complete duration.
- עַ֛ד (ʿad) – Root: עד (ʿad); Form: Preposition; Translation: “until”; Notes: Indicates the destination endpoint of the journey.
- הַ֥ר הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (har ha-Elohim) – Root: הר (har), אלוהים (Elohim); Form: Noun construct phrase; Translation: “the mountain of God”; Notes: Refers to Mount Ḥorev, associated with divine revelation.
- חֹרֵֽב (Ḥorev) – Root: חרב (ḥorev); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Ḥorev”; Notes: Another name for Mount Sinai.