וַיִּשָּׂ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּרְא֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה עֵשָׂ֣ו בָּ֔א וְעִמֹּ֕ו אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֹ֖ות אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּ֣חַץ אֶת־הַיְלָדִ֗ים עַל־לֵאָה֙ וְעַל־רָחֵ֔ל וְעַ֖ל שְׁתֵּ֥י הַשְּׁפָחֹֽות׃
And Ya’aqov lifted his eyes and saw that Esav was coming, and with him four hundred men; so he divided the children between Leʾa, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
Morphology
- וַיִּשָּׂ֨א (va-yis-sa) – Root: נשא (na-sa); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And he lifted”
- יַעֲקֹ֜ב (ya-a-kov) – Proper noun; Translation: “Jacob”
- עֵינָ֗יו (ei-nav) – Root: עין (a-yin); Form: noun, dual construct with 3ms suffix; Translation: “his eyes”
- וַיַּרְא֙ (va-yar) – Root: ראה (ra-ah); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he saw”
- וְהִנֵּ֣ה (və-hin-neh) – Interjection; Translation: “and behold”
- עֵשָׂ֣ו (e-sav) – Proper noun; Translation: “Esau”
- בָּ֔א (ba) – Root: בוא (bo); Form: Qal, participle, ms; Translation: “was coming”
- וְעִמֹּ֕ו (və-im-mo) – Root: עם (im); Form: preposition with 3ms suffix; Translation: “with him”
- אַרְבַּ֥ע (ar-ba) – Root: ארבע (ar-ba); Form: numeral, fs construct; Translation: “four”
- מֵאֹ֖ות (me-ot) – Root: מאות (me-ot); Form: noun, fp; Translation: “hundred”
- אִ֑ישׁ (ish) – Root: איש (ish); Form: noun, ms; Translation: “men”
- וַיַּ֣חַץ (va-ya-khatz) – Root: חצה (kha-tzah); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he divided”
- אֶת־הַיְלָדִ֗ים (et-ha-ye-la-dim) – Root: ילד (ye-led); Form: noun, mp with definite article; Translation: “the children”
- עַל־לֵאָה֙ (al-le-ah) – Root: לאה (le-ah); Form: proper noun with preposition; Translation: “between Leah”
- וְעַל־רָחֵ֔ל (və-al-ra-khel) – Root: רחל (ra-khel); Form: proper noun with preposition; Translation: “and Rachel”
- וְעַ֖ל (və-al) – Preposition; Translation: “and between”
- שְׁתֵּ֥י (shtei) – Root: שנים (shnayim); Form: numeral, fd construct; Translation: “the two”
- הַשְּׁפָחֹֽות (ha-shə-fa-khot) – Root: שפחה (sha-fa-khah); Form: noun, fp with definite article; Translation: “maidservants”