וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל־חֲמֹ֥ור אָבִ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר קַֽח־לִ֛י אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
And Shekhem said to Ḥamor, his father, saying, “Get me this young girl for a wife.”
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (va-yo-mer) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he said”
- שְׁכֶ֔ם (she-khem) – Proper noun; Translation: “Shekhem”
- אֶל־חֲמֹ֥ור (el-kha-mor) – Root: חמור (kha-mor); Proper noun with preposition; Translation: “to Ḥamor”
- אָבִ֖יו (a-viv) – Root: אב (av); Form: noun, ms with 3ms suffix; Translation: “his father”
- לֵאמֹ֑ר (le-mor) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: infinitive construct; Translation: “saying”
- קַֽח־לִ֛י (kach-li) – Root: לקח (la-kakh); Form: Qal, imperative, 2ms + 1cs suffix; Translation: “get me”
- אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה (et-ha-yal-da) – Root: ילד (ya-lad); Form: direct object marker with definite article + noun, fs; Translation: “the young girl”
- הַזֹּ֖את (ha-zot) – Root: זה (zeh); Form: demonstrative pronoun, fs; Translation: “this”
- לְאִשָּֽׁה (le-i-sha) – Root: אשה (i-sha); Form: noun, fs with preposition; Translation: “for a wife”