וַיַּצֵּ֗ג אֶת־הַמַּקְלֹות֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּצֵּ֔ל בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים בְּשִֽׁקֲתֹ֣ות הַמָּ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר֩ תָּבֹ֨אןָ הַצֹּ֤אן לִשְׁתֹּות֙ לְנֹ֣כַח הַצֹּ֔אן וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה בְּבֹאָ֥ן לִשְׁתֹּֽות׃
And he set the rods that he had peeled in the troughs, in the watering channels where the flocks came to drink, facing the flocks, and they would become stimulated when they came to drink.
Morphology
- וַיַּצֵּ֗ג (va-yats-tség) – Root: יצג (yā-tság); Form: *Wayyiqtol*, 3ms; Translation: “and he set”
- אֶת־ (et) – Particle; Translation: marks the direct object
- הַמַּקְלֹות֙ (ham-maq-lót) – Root: מקל (ma-qāl); Form: noun with definite article, mp; Translation: “the rods”
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר (a-sher) – Root: אשר (‘a-shér); Form: relative pronoun; Translation: “that”
- פִּצֵּ֔ל (pits-tsél) – Root: פצל (pā-tsal); Form: verb, perfect, 3ms; Translation: “he had peeled”
- בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים (ba-ro-ḥā-tím) – Root: רהט (ra-hát); Form: noun with preposition, mp; Translation: “in the troughs”
- בְּשִֽׁקֲתֹ֣ות (bə-shi-qa-tót) – Root: שקה (sha-qáh); Form: noun with preposition, fp; Translation: “in the watering channels”
- הַמָּ֑יִם (ham-má-yim) – Root: מים (mā-yim); Form: noun with definite article, mp; Translation: “the water”
- אֲשֶׁר֩ (a-sher) – Root: אשר (‘a-shér); Form: relative pronoun; Translation: “where”
- תָּבֹ֨אןָ (ta-vó-na) – Root: בוא (bō); Form: verb, imperfect, 3fp; Translation: “they came”
- הַצֹּ֤אן (hat-tsōn) – Root: צאן (tsōn); Form: noun with definite article, fs; Translation: “the flock”
- לִשְׁתֹּות֙ (lish-tót) – Root: שתה (sha-táh); Form: infinitive construct; Translation: “to drink”
- לְנֹ֣כַח (lə-nō-khāḥ) – Root: נכח (nā-kháḥ); Form: preposition; Translation: “facing”
- הַצֹּ֔אן (hat-tsōn) – Root: צאן (tsōn); Form: noun with definite article, fs; Translation: “the flock”
- וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה (va-yē-ḥam-na) – Root: חמם (ḥā-mam); Form: *Wayyiqtol*, 3fp; Translation: “and they became stimulated”
- בְּבֹאָ֥ן (bə-vo-ān) – Root: בוא (bō); Form: infinitive construct with preposition and 3fp suffix; Translation: “when they came”
- לִשְׁתֹּֽות (lish-tót) – Root: שתה (sha-táh); Form: infinitive construct; Translation: “to drink”