וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו זֹ֤את הָאָ֨רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָ֨ם לְיִצְחָ֤ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה הֶרְאִיתִ֣יךָ בְעֵינֶ֔יךָ וְשָׁ֖מָּה לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹֽר׃
And YHWH said to him, “This is the land that I swore to Avraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʿaqov, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but there you shall not cross.”
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (vayomer) – Root: א־מ־ר; Form: Wayyiqtol (narrative past) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And He said”.
- יְהוָ֜ה (YHWH) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Tetragrammaton; Translation: “YHWH”.
- אֵלָ֗יו (elav) – Root: א־ל; Form: Preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “to him”.
- זֹ֤את (zot) – Root: Demonstrative pronoun; Form: Feminine singular; Translation: “This”.
- הָאָ֨רֶץ֙ (ha-aretz) – Root: א־ר־ץ; Form: Noun feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the land”.
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר (asher) – Root: Relative pronoun; Translation: “that”.
- נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי (nishbaʿti) – Root: שׁ־ב־ע; Form: Niphal perfect 1st person singular; Translation: “I swore”.
- לְאַבְרָהָ֨ם (le-Avraham) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Preposition + proper noun; Translation: “to Avraham”.
- לְיִצְחָ֤ק (le-Yitsḥaq) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Preposition + proper noun; Translation: “to Yitsḥaq”.
- וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ (u-le-Yaʿaqov) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Conjunction + preposition + proper noun; Translation: “and to Yaʿaqov”.
- לֵאמֹ֔ר (lemor) – Root: א־מ־ר; Form: Infinitive construct; Translation: “saying”.
- לְזַרְעֲךָ֖ (le-zarʿakha) – Root: ז־ר־ע; Form: Preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “to your offspring”.
- אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה (etnenna) – Root: נ־ת־ן; Form: Qal imperfect 1st person singular with paragogic nun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “I will give it”.
- הֶרְאִיתִ֣יךָ (herʾitikha) – Root: ר־א־ה; Form: Hiphil perfect 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “I have let you see”.
- בְעֵינֶ֔יךָ (be-ʿeineikha) – Root: ע־י־ן; Form: Preposition + noun dual with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “with your eyes”.
- וְשָׁ֖מָּה (ve-shammah) – Root: שׁ־ם־ם; Form: Conjunction + adverb; Translation: “but there”.
- לֹ֥א (lo) – Form: Negative particle; Translation: “not”.
- תַעֲבֹֽר (taʿavor) – Root: ע־ב־ר; Form: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “you shall cross”.