וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִבְּנֹתָ֖יו לְבָנֶ֑יךָ וְזָנ֣וּ בְנֹתָ֗יו אַחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ן וְהִזְנוּ֙ אֶת־בָּנֶ֔יךָ אַחֲרֵ֖י אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶֽן׃
And you will take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters will prostitute themselves after their gods, and they will make your sons prostitute themselves after their gods.
Morphology
- וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (velakachta) – Root: לקח (l-q-ḥ); Form: Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2ms; Translation: “And you will take”; Notes: Refers to acquiring or marrying.
- מִבְּנֹתָ֖יו (mibnotav) – Root: בת (b-t); Form: Noun, feminine plural construct with 3ms suffix; Translation: “From his daughters”; Notes: Refers to the daughters of the land’s inhabitants.
- לְבָנֶ֑יךָ (levanekha) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with 2ms suffix; Translation: “For your sons”; Notes: Indicates an intermarriage arrangement.
- וְזָנ֣וּ (vezanu) – Root: זנה (z-n-h); Form: Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3fp; Translation: “And they will prostitute themselves”; Notes: Refers to spiritual infidelity by following other gods.
- בְנֹתָ֗יו (bnotav) – Root: בת (b-t); Form: Noun, feminine plural construct with 3ms suffix; Translation: “His daughters”; Notes: Refers to the daughters of the foreign inhabitants.
- אַחֲרֵי֙ (acharei) – Root: אחר (ʾ-ḥ-r); Form: Preposition; Translation: “After”; Notes: Denotes pursuit or following.
- אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ן (eloheihen) – Root: אלוה (ʾ-l-h); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with 3fp suffix; Translation: “Their gods”; Notes: Refers to the deities worshiped by the daughters.
- וְהִזְנוּ֙ (vehiznu) – Root: זנה (z-n-h); Form: Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3fp; Translation: “And they will make [your sons] prostitute themselves”; Notes: Causative form of spiritual infidelity.
- אֶת־בָּנֶ֔יךָ (et-banekha) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with 2ms suffix; Translation: “Your sons”; Notes: Refers to the Israelites’ sons.
- אַחֲרֵ֖י (acharei) – Root: אחר (ʾ-ḥ-r); Form: Preposition; Translation: “After”; Notes: Repeated for emphasis.
- אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃ (eloheihen) – Root: אלוה (ʾ-l-h); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with 3fp suffix; Translation: “Their gods”; Notes: Refers again to the foreign deities.