וְאַתָּ֗ה תְּבַעֵ֛ר הַדָּ֥ם הַנָּקִ֖י מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ ס
And you shall purge the innocent blood from your midst, for you shall do what is right in the eyes of YHWH.
Morphology
- וְאַתָּ֗ה (ve-ʾattah) – Root: -; Form: Pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “And you”; Notes: Refers directly to the subject.
- תְּבַעֵ֛ר (tevaʿer) – Root: בער (baʿar); Form: Piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “you shall purge”; Notes: Refers to removing guilt or wrongdoing.
- הַדָּ֥ם (ha-dam) – Root: דם (dam); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “the blood”; Notes: Refers to wrongful shedding of blood.
- הַנָּקִ֖י (ha-naqi) – Root: נקי (naqi); Form: Adjective, masculine singular; Translation: “innocent”; Notes: Describes the blood being unjustly shed.
- מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ (mi-qirbekha) – Root: קרב (qerev); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “from your midst”; Notes: Refers to removing injustice from within the people.
- כִּֽי־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה (ki-taʿaseh) – Root: עשה (ʿasah); Form: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “for you shall do”; Notes: Indicates action expected of the subject.
- הַיָּשָׁ֖ר (ha-yashar) – Root: ישר (yashar); Form: Adjective, masculine singular; Translation: “what is right”; Notes: Refers to moral and just action.
- בְּעֵינֵ֥י (be-ʿeine) – Root: עין (ʿayin); Form: Noun, dual construct; Translation: “in the eyes of”; Notes: A common biblical phrase referring to divine perception.
- יְהוָֽה (YHWH) – Root: יהוה (YHWH); Form: Proper noun, singular; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The Tetragrammaton, the divine name.