כָּל־֠הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַבָּאָ֨ה לְיַעֲקֹ֤ב מִצְרַ֨יְמָה֙ יֹצְאֵ֣י יְרֵכֹ֔ו מִלְּבַ֖ד נְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵי־יַעֲקֹ֑ב כָּל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וָשֵֽׁשׁ׃
All the persons who came with Ya’aqov to Mitsrayim, who came from his loins, besides Ya’aqov’s sons’ wives, all the persons were sixty-six.
Morphology
- כָּל־ (kol-) – Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “All”; Notes: Indicates the totality of the following noun.
- הַנֶּפֶשׁ (han-nefesh) – Form: Noun, feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the persons”; Notes: Refers to the individuals in question.
- הַבָּאָה (hab-ba’ah) – Root: בוא (bo); Form: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “who came”; Notes: Describes the action of coming.
- לְיַעֲקֹב (le-Ya’aqov) – Form: Preposition with proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “with Ya’aqov”; Notes: Indicates association with Ya’aqov.
- מִצְרַיְמָה (Miṣrayimah) – Form: Proper noun, feminine singular with directional he; Translation: “to Miṣrayim”; Notes: Refers to the land of Egypt.
- יֹצְאֵי (yotze’ei) – Root: יצא (yatsa); Form: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct; Translation: “who came from”; Notes: Describes the origin of the individuals.
- יְרֵכֹו (yereikho) – Form: Noun, feminine singular construct with 3ms suffix; Translation: “his loins”; Notes: Indicates descent from Ya’aqov.
- מִלְּבַד (mil-levad) – Form: Preposition; Translation: “besides”; Notes: Excludes the following group from the total.
- נְשֵׁי (neshei) – Root: אשה (ishah); Form: Noun, feminine plural construct; Translation: “the wives of”; Notes: Refers to the spouses of Ya’aqov’s sons.
- בְנֵי־יַעֲקֹב (benei-Ya’aqov) – Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with proper noun; Translation: “Ya’aqov’s sons”; Notes: Specifies the sons of Ya’aqov.
- כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ (kol-nefesh) – Form: Noun, feminine singular construct; Translation: “all the persons”; Notes: Summarizes the total number of individuals.
- שִׁשִּׁים (shishim) – Form: Numeral, masculine plural; Translation: “sixty”; Notes: Part of the total count.
- וָשֵׁשׁ (va-shesh) – Form: Conjunction with numeral, feminine singular; Translation: “and six”; Notes: Completes the total number of sixty-six.