וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו מַה־שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹֽב׃
And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Yaʿaqov.”
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (vayyomer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he said”; Notes: Introduces direct speech.
- אֵלָ֖יו (elav) – Root: אל (ʾel); Form: Preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “to him”; Notes: Specifies the recipient of speech.
- מַה־ (mah) – Root: מה (mah); Form: Interrogative pronoun; Translation: “What”; Notes: Introduces a question.
- שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ (shemekha) – Root: שם (shem); Form: Noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “is your name”; Notes: Asks for identification.
- וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (vayyomer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he said”; Notes: Response to the question.
- יַעֲקֹֽב (Yaʿaqov) – Root: יעקב (Yaʿaqov); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Yaʿaqov”; Notes: Name of the individual responding.