Genesis 38:2

וַיַּרְא־שָׁ֧ם יְהוּדָ֛ה בַּת־אִ֥ישׁ כְּנַעֲנִ֖י וּשְׁמֹ֣ו שׁ֑וּעַ וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶֽיהָ׃

And Yehuda saw there the daughter of a man of Kenaʿan, and his name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her.

Morphology

  1. וַיַּרְא (va-yar) – Root: ראה (raʾah); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he saw”
  2. שָׁ֧ם (sham) – Adverb; Translation: “there”
  3. יְהוּדָ֛ה (Ye-hu-dah) – Proper noun; Translation: “Yehudah”
  4. בַּת־אִ֥ישׁ (bat-ish) – Root: בת (bat) + איש (ish); Form: construct noun with noun; Translation: “the daughter of a man”
  5. כְּנַעֲנִ֖י (ke-na-ʿa-ni) – Root: כנען (Kenaʿan); Form: gentilic adjective, ms; Translation: “of Kenaʿan”
  6. וּשְׁמֹ֣ו (u-she-mo) – Root: שם (shem); Form: conjunction + noun with 3ms suffix; Translation: “and his name”
  7. שׁ֑וּעַ (Shu-a) – Proper noun; Translation: “Shua”
  8. וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ (va-yiq-ka-he-ha) – Root: לקח (laqach); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive + 3fs suffix; Translation: “and he took her”
  9. וַיָּבֹ֥א (va-ya-vo) – Root: בוא (bo); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he went in”
  10. אֵלֶֽיהָ (e-le-ha) – Root: אל (ʾel); Form: preposition with 3fs suffix; Translation: “to her”

 

 

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