וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר חֲמוֹר אִתָּ֣ם לֵאמֹ֑ר שְׁכֶם בְּנִי חָשְׁקָ֤ה נַפְשׁוֹ֙ בְּבִתְּכֶ֔ם תְּנוּ נָ֥א אֹתָ֛הּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
Ḥamor spoke with them, saying, “My son Shekhem’s soul longs for your daughter; please give her to him as a wife.”
Morphology
- וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedabber) – Root: דבר (dabar); Form: Piel, imperfect, 3ms; “he spoke”
- חֲמוֹר (Ḥamor) – Proper noun; “Ḥamor”
- אִתָּ֣ם (ittam) – Preposition with 3mp suffix; “with them”
- לֵאמֹ֑ר (le’emor) – Infinitive construct; “saying”
- שְׁכֶם (Shekhem) – Proper noun; “Shekhem”
- בְּנִי (beni) – Root: בן (ben); Form: noun, ms with 1cs suffix; “my son”
- חָשְׁקָ֤ה (hashkah) – Root: חָשַׁק (hashaq); Form: Qal, perfect, 3fs; “longs for”
- נַפְשׁוֹ֙ (nafsho) – Root: נפש (nefesh); Form: noun, fs with 3ms suffix; “his soul”
- בְּבִתְּכֶ֔ם (bivittekhem) – Root: בת (bat); Form: noun, fs construct with 2mp suffix; “for your daughter”
- תְּנוּ (tenu) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Qal, imperative, 2mp; “give”
- נָ֥א (na) – Particle; “please”
- אֹתָ֛הּ (otah) – Direct object marker with 3fs suffix; “her”
- לוֹ (lo) – Preposition with 3ms suffix; “to him”
- לְאִשָּֽׁה (le’ishah) – Root: אשה (ishah); Form: noun, fs; “as a wife”