וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ מִן־הַדָּ֔ם וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ עַל־שְׁתֵּ֥י הַמְּזוּזֹ֖ת וְעַל־הַמַּשְׁקֹ֑וף עַ֚ל הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכְל֥וּ אֹתֹ֖ו בָּהֶֽם׃
And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
Morphology
- וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ (velak’khu) – Root: לקח (l-q-ḥ); Form: Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3mp; Translation: “And they shall take”; Notes: Refers to the act of collecting the blood.
- מִן־הַדָּ֔ם (min-haddam) – Root: דם (d-m); Form: Preposition + Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “Some of the blood”; Notes: Specifies the blood of the sacrificed lamb.
- וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ (venat’nu) – Root: נתן (n-t-n); Form: Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3mp; Translation: “And they shall put”; Notes: Refers to applying the blood to the doorway.
- עַל־שְׁתֵּ֥י (ʿal-shtei) – Root: שתים (sh-t-y-m); Form: Preposition + Noun, feminine dual construct; Translation: “On the two”; Notes: Specifies the two sides of the doorway.
- הַמְּזוּזֹ֖ת (hammezuzot) – Root: מזוזה (m-z-z-h); Form: Noun, feminine plural with definite article; Translation: “Doorposts”; Notes: Refers to the vertical parts of the doorway.
- וְעַל־הַמַּשְׁקֹ֑וף (veʿal-hamashkof) – Root: שקף (sh-k-p); Form: Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “And on the lintel”; Notes: Refers to the horizontal beam above the doorway.
- עַ֚ל (ʿal) – Root: N/A; Form: Preposition; Translation: “On”; Notes: Refers to the location of the houses.
- הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים (habbatim) – Root: בית (b-y-t); Form: Noun, masculine plural with definite article; Translation: “The houses”; Notes: Refers to the dwellings of the Israelites.
- אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכְל֥וּ (asher-yoʾkhelu) – Root: אכל (ʾ-k-l); Form: Relative pronoun + Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3mp; Translation: “In which they eat”; Notes: Refers to the houses where the lamb is eaten.
- אֹתֹ֖ו (oto) – Root: N/A; Form: Direct object marker + 3ms suffix; Translation: “It”; Notes: Refers to the lamb.
- בָּהֶֽם׃ (bahem) – Root: ב (b); Form: Preposition + 3mp suffix; Translation: “In them”; Notes: Refers to the houses.