בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ן בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר יֹ֤ום לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצֹּ֑ת עַ֠ד יֹ֣ום הָאֶחָ֧ד וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ בָּעָֽרֶב׃
On the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
Morphology
- בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ן (barishon) – Root: ראש (r-ʾ-sh); Form: Preposition + Adjective, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “On the first”; Notes: Refers to the first month of the year.
- בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ (beʾarbaʿah) – Root: ארבע (ʾ-r-b-ʿ); Form: Preposition + Numeral, masculine singular; Translation: “On the four”; Notes: Refers to the fourteenth day of the month.
- עָשָׂ֨ר (ʿasar) – Root: עשר (ʿ-s-r); Form: Numeral, masculine singular; Translation: “Ten”; Notes: Combined with “four” to indicate fourteen.
- יֹ֤ום (yom) – Root: יום (y-w-m); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Day”; Notes: Specifies the exact day.
- לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ (lachodesh) – Root: חדש (ḥ-d-sh); Form: Preposition + Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “Of the month”; Notes: Refers to the specific month in question.
- בָּעֶ֔רֶב (baʿerev) – Root: ערב (ʿ-r-b); Form: Preposition + Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “At evening”; Notes: Specifies the time of day.
- תֹּאכְל֖וּ (toʾkhelu) – Root: אכל (ʾ-k-l); Form: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2mp; Translation: “You shall eat”; Notes: Refers to the consumption of unleavened bread.
- מַצֹּ֑ת (matzot) – Root: מצה (m-tz-h); Form: Noun, feminine plural; Translation: “Unleavened bread”; Notes: Refers to bread without leaven, eaten during Pesah.
- עַ֠ד (ʿad) – Root: N/A; Form: Preposition; Translation: “Until”; Notes: Indicates the duration of the command.
- יֹ֣ום (yom) – Root: יום (y-w-m); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Day”; Notes: Specifies the endpoint of the period.
- הָאֶחָ֧ד (haʾeḥad) – Root: אחד (ʾ-ḥ-d); Form: Adjective, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “The one”; Notes: Refers to the twenty-first day.
- וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים (veʿesrim) – Root: עשר (ʿ-s-r); Form: Numeral, plural construct; Translation: “And twenty”; Notes: Combined with “one” to indicate twenty-one.
- לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ (lachodesh) – Root: חדש (ḥ-d-sh); Form: Preposition + Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “Of the month”; Notes: Refers again to the same month.
- בָּעָֽרֶב׃ (baʿarev) – Root: ערב (ʿ-r-b); Form: Preposition + Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “At evening”; Notes: Indicates the conclusion of the time period.