לֹ֣א אֶת־אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ כָּרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את כִּ֣י אִתָּ֗נוּ אֲנַ֨חְנוּ אֵ֥לֶּה פֹ֛ה הַיֹּ֖ום כֻּלָּ֥נוּ חַיִּֽים׃
Not with our fathers did YHWH make this covenant, but with us, we who are here today, all of us alive.
Morphology
- לֹ֣א (lo) – Root: לא (lo); Form: Negative particle; Translation: “Not”; Notes: Denotes negation.
- אֶת־אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ (et-avoteinu) – Root: אב (ʾav); Form: Direct object marker with noun, masculine plural construct and 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “our fathers”; Notes: Refers to the ancestors of Israel.
- כָּרַ֥ת (karat) – Root: כרת (karat); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “made”; Notes: Refers to the establishment of the covenant.
- יְהוָ֖ה (YHWH) – Root: הוה (hwh); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “The LORD”; Notes: The Tetragrammaton, the divine name of God.
- אֶת־הַבְּרִ֣ית (et-ha-berit) – Root: בר (bar); Form: Direct object marker with definite article and noun, feminine singular; Translation: “the covenant”; Notes: Refers to the formal agreement.
- הַזֹּ֑את (ha-zot) – Root: זה (zeh); Form: Definite article with demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular; Translation: “this”; Notes: Specifies the covenant.
- כִּ֣י (ki) – Root: כי (ki); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “but”; Notes: Introduces a contrasting clause.
- אִתָּ֗נוּ (ittanu) – Root: את (ʾit); Form: Preposition with 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “with us”; Notes: Indicates the covenant participants.
- אֲנַ֨חְנוּ (anachnu) – Root: אנכ (ʾanokh); Form: Pronoun, 1st person plural; Translation: “we”; Notes: Refers to the present generation.
- אֵ֥לֶּה (elleh) – Root: אלה (elleh); Form: Demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural; Translation: “these”; Notes: Refers to the people present.
- פֹ֛ה (po) – Root: פה (po); Form: Adverb; Translation: “here”; Notes: Refers to the current location.
- הַיֹּ֖ום (ha-yom) – Root: יום (yom); Form: Definite article with noun, masculine singular; Translation: “today”; Notes: Specifies the time.
- כֻלָּ֥נוּ (kulanu) – Root: כל (kol); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “all of us”; Notes: Refers to the collective group.
- חַיִּֽים (ḥayyim) – Root: חיה (ḥayah); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “alive”; Notes: Emphasizes the living participants of the covenant.