וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר אֶל־אָבִיו֮ וְאֶל־אֶחָיו֒ וַיִּגְעַר־בֹּ֣ו אָבִ֔יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לֹ֔ו מָ֛ה הַחֲלֹ֥ום הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָלָ֑מְתָּ הֲבֹ֣וא נָבֹ֗וא אֲנִי֙ וְאִמְּךָ֣ וְאַחֶ֔יךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֥ת לְךָ֖ אָֽרְצָה׃
And he recounted it to his father and to his brothers, and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall we indeed come, I and your mother and your brothers, to bow down to you to the ground?”
Morphology
- וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר (va-ye-sa-per) – Root: ספר (sa-par); Form: Piel, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he recounted”
- אֶל־אָבִיו֮ (el-a-vi-v) – Root: אב (av); Form: preposition + noun, ms with 3ms suffix; Translation: “to his father”
- וְאֶל־אֶחָיו֒ (ve-el-e-kha-v) – Root: אח (aḥ); Form: preposition + noun, mp with 3ms suffix; Translation: “and to his brothers”
- וַיִּגְעַר־בֹּ֣ו (va-yig-ar-bo) – Root: גער (ga-ar); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive and preposition; Translation: “and he rebuked him”
- אָבִ֔יו (a-viv) – Root: אב (av); Form: noun, ms with 3ms suffix; Translation: “his father”
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (va-yo-mer) – Root: אמר (a-mar); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he said”
- לֹ֔ו (lo) – Preposition with 3ms suffix; Translation: “to him”
- מָ֛ה (ma) – Interrogative pronoun; Translation: “what”
- הַחֲלֹ֥ום (ha-ḥa-lom) – Root: חלם (ḥa-lam); Form: noun, ms with definite article; Translation: “the dream”
- הַזֶּ֖ה (ha-ze) – Demonstrative pronoun, ms; Translation: “this”
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר (a-sher) – Relative pronoun; Translation: “that”
- חָלָ֑מְתָּ (ḥa-lam-ta) – Root: חלם (ḥa-lam); Form: Qal, perfect, 2ms; Translation: “you have dreamed”
- הֲבֹ֣וא נָבֹ֗וא (ha-vo na-vo) – Root: בוא (bo); Form: Qal, imperfect, cohortative, 1cp; Translation: “shall we indeed come”
- אֲנִי֙ (a-ni) – Pronoun, 1cs; Translation: “I”
- וְאִמְּךָ֣ (ve-im-me-kha) – Root: אם (em); Form: conjunction + noun, fs with 2ms suffix; Translation: “and your mother”
- וְאַחֶ֔יךָ (ve-a-khe-kha) – Root: אח (aḥ); Form: conjunction + noun, mp with 2ms suffix; Translation: “and your brothers”
- לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֥ת (le-hish-ta-ḥa-vot) – Root: חוה (ḥa-va); Form: Hishtafel, infinitive construct; Translation: “to bow down”
- לְךָ֖ (le-kha) – Preposition with 2ms suffix; Translation: “to you”
- אָרְצָה (ar-tza) – Root: ארץ (e-retz); Form: noun, fs with directional he; Translation: “to the ground”