וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֔ה בְּאָשְׁרִ֕י כִּ֥י אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי בָּנֹ֑ות וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמֹ֖ו אָשֵֽׁר׃
And Leʾa said, “Happy am I! For the daughters will call me blessed.” So she named him Asher.
Morphology:
- וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (vattōmer) – Root: אמר, Form: Wayyiqtol (3fs), Tense/Aspect: Past, Translation: “And she said”
- לֵאָ֔ה (lēʾāh) – Root: לאה, Form: Proper noun, Translation: “Leah”
- בְּאָשְׁרִ֕י (bəʾošrī) – Root: אשר, Form: Noun (ms construct) with pronominal suffix (1cs), Translation: “Happy am I”
- כִּ֥י (kī) – Root: כי, Form: Conjunction, Translation: “for”
- אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי (ʾiššərūnī) – Root: אשר, Form: Piel perfect (3mp) with pronominal suffix (1cs), Tense/Aspect: Past, Translation: “they will call me blessed”
- בָּנֹ֑ות (bānōṯ) – Root: בת, Form: Noun (fp), Translation: “daughters”
- וַתִּקְרָ֥א (vattiqrā) – Root: קרא, Form: Wayyiqtol (3fs), Tense/Aspect: Past, Translation: “and she called”
- אֶת־שְׁמֹ֖ו (ʾeṯ-šəmō) – Root: שם, Form: Noun (ms construct) with direct object marker אֶת and pronominal suffix (3ms), Translation: “his name”
- אָשֵֽׁר (ʾāšēr) – Root: אשר, Form: Proper noun, Translation: “Asher”