וַיְצַ֥ו אֶת־הָרִאשֹׁ֖ון לֵאמֹ֑ר כִּ֣י יִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞ עֵשָׂ֣ו אָחִ֗י וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְמִי־אַ֨תָּה֙ וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֔ךְ וּלְמִ֖י אֵ֥לֶּה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃
And he commanded the first, saying, ‘When Esau, my brother, meets you and asks you, saying, “To whom do you belong? And where are you going? And whose are these before you?”
Morphology
- וַיְצַ֥ו (va-y’tsav) – Root: צוה (tsavah); Form: Piel, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And he commanded”
- אֶת־הָרִאשֹׁ֖ון (et-ha-ri-shon) – Root: ראשׁ (rosh); Form: adjective, ms with definite article; Translation: “the first”
- לֵאמֹ֑ר (le-mor) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: Qal, infinitive construct; Translation: “saying”
- כִּ֣י יִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞ (ki yif-ga-she-cha) – Root: פגשׁ (pa-gash); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with 2ms suffix; Translation: “When he meets you”
- עֵשָׂ֣ו (e-sav) – Proper noun; Translation: “Esau”
- אָחִ֗י (a-chi) – Root: אח (ach); Form: noun, ms with 1cs suffix; Translation: “my brother”
- וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ (vish-el-cha) – Root: שׁאל (sha-al); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with 2ms suffix; Translation: “and asks you”
- לֵאמֹ֔ר (le-mor) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: Qal, infinitive construct; Translation: “saying”
- לְמִי־אַ֨תָּה֙ (le-mi at-ta) – Root: מי (mi); Form: interrogative pronoun; Translation: “To whom do you belong?”
- וְאָ֣נָה (v’-a-na) – Root: אנה (a-na); Form: adverb; Translation: “and where”
- תֵלֵ֔ךְ (te-lekh) – Root: הלך (ha-lakh); Form: Qal, imperfect, 2ms; Translation: “are you going?”
- וּלְמִ֖י (u-l’-mi) – Root: מי (mi); Form: interrogative pronoun; Translation: “and to whom”
- אֵ֥לֶּה (e-leh) – Root: אלה (e-leh); Form: demonstrative pronoun, mp; Translation: “are these”
- לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ (l’-fa-ne-cha) – Root: פנים (pa-nim); Form: noun, mp with 2ms suffix; Translation: “before you”