וַיַּ֨עַן לָבָ֜ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַבָּנֹ֨ות בְּנֹתַ֜י וְהַבָּנִ֤ים בָּנַי֙ וְהַצֹּ֣אן צֹאנִ֔י וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה לִי־ה֑וּא וְלִבְנֹתַ֞י מָֽה־אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֤ה לָאֵ֨לֶּה֙ הַיֹּ֔ום אֹ֥ו לִבְנֵיהֶ֖ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלָֽדוּ׃
“Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, ‘The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?'”
Morphology
- וַיַּ֨עַן (va-ya-an) – Root: ענה (a-na); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “Then answered”
- לָבָ֜ן (la-van) – Proper noun; Translation: “Laban”
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (va-yo-mer) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “and said”
- אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב (el-ya-a-kov) – Root: עקב (a-kav); Form: proper noun; Translation: “to Jacob”
- הַבָּנֹ֨ות (ha-ba-not) – Root: בת (bat); Form: noun, fp; Translation: “the daughters”
- בְּנֹתַ֜י (be-no-tai) – Root: בת (bat); Form: noun, fp construct with 1cs suffix; Translation: “my daughters”
- וְהַבָּנִ֤ים (ve-ha-ba-nim) – Root: בן (ben); Form: noun, mp; Translation: “and the sons”
- בָּנַי֙ (ba-nai) – Root: בן (ben); Form: noun, mp with 1cs suffix; Translation: “my sons”
- וְהַצֹּ֣אן (ve-ha-tson) – Root: צאן (tson); Form: noun, ms; Translation: “and the flocks”
- צֹאנִ֔י (tso-ni) – Root: צאן (tson); Form: noun, ms with 1cs suffix; Translation: “my flocks”
- וְכֹ֛ל (ve-kol) – Root: כל (kol); Form: noun, ms; Translation: “and all”
- אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה (a-sher at-ta) – Root: אשר (a-sher); Form: relative pronoun + pronoun, 2ms; Translation: “that you”
- רֹאֶ֖ה (ro-eh) – Root: ראה (ra-ah); Form: Qal, active participle, ms; Translation: “see”
- לִי־ה֑וּא (li hu) – Root: לי (li); Form: preposition with pronoun, 3ms; Translation: “is mine”
- וְלִבְנֹתַ֞י (ve-liv-no-tai) – Root: בת (bat); Form: noun, fp construct with 1cs suffix; Translation: “and for my daughters”
- מָֽה־אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֤ה (ma e-e-se) – Root: עשה (a-sa); Form: Qal, imperfect, 1cs; Translation: “what can I do”
- לָאֵ֨לֶּה֙ (la-el-le) – Demonstrative pronoun, fp; Translation: “for these”
- הַיֹּ֔ום (ha-yom) – Root: יום (yom); Form: noun, ms; Translation: “this day”
- אֹ֥ו (o) – Conjunction; Translation: “or”
- לִבְנֵיהֶ֖ן (liv-ne-hen) – Root: בן (ben); Form: noun, mp construct with 3fp suffix; Translation: “for their children”
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר (a-sher) – Relative pronoun; Translation: “whom”
- יָלָֽדוּ׃ (ya-la-du) – Root: ילד (ya-lad); Form: Qal, perfect, 3cp; Translation: “they have borne”