הביאו עֵצָה֙ עֲשׂ֣וּ פְלִילָ֔ה שִׁ֧יתִי כַלַּ֛יִל צִלֵּ֖ךְ בְּתֹ֣וךְ צָהֳרָ֑יִם סַתְּרִי֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים נֹדֵ֖ד אַל־תְּגַלִּֽי׃
Bring counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow like the night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, do not reveal the fugitive.
Morphology
- הָבִיאוּ (haviʾu) – Root: בוא (bo); Form: Hifil imperative masculine plural; Translation: “Bring!”; Notes: A call to action addressed to Moʾav or its leaders.
- עֵצָה (ʿetsah) – Root: יעץ (yaʿats); Form: Noun feminine singular; Translation: “counsel”; Notes: Refers to wise advice or strategic planning.
- עֲשׂוּ (ʿasu) – Root: עשה (ʿasah); Form: Qal imperative masculine plural; Translation: “do!” or “execute!”; Notes: Urges justice or action.
- פְלִילָה (pelilah) – Root: פלל (palal); Form: Noun feminine singular; Translation: “judgment” or “legal decision”; Notes: Judicial or moral discernment.
- שִׁיתִי (shiti) – Root: שׁית (shith); Form: Qal imperative feminine singular; Translation: “make!” or “place!”; Notes: Addressed to a feminine subject, likely Moʾav.
- כַלַּיִל (ka-layil) – Root: ליל (layil); Form: Preposition + noun masculine singular; Translation: “like the night”; Notes: Simile describing desired shadow or concealment.
- צִלֵּךְ (tsillekh) – Root: צלל (tsalal); Form: Noun masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “your shadow”; Notes: Image of protection or cover.
- בְּתוֹךְ (be-tokh) – Root: תוך (tokh); Form: Preposition + noun masculine singular; Translation: “in the midst of”; Notes: Refers to a central point in time or space.
- צָהֳרָיִם (tsohorayim) – Root: צהר (tsahar); Form: Dual noun masculine; Translation: “noonday”; Notes: Indicates the brightest part of day—irony in seeking shadow then.
- סַתְּרִי (satri) – Root: סתר (satar); Form: Piel imperative feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix (or possibly 3rd masc. plural construct); Translation: “hide!” or “hide them!”; Notes: May refer to hiding fugitives.
- נִדָּחִים (niddakhim) – Root: נדח (nadakh); Form: Nifal participle masculine plural; Translation: “outcasts” or “dispersed ones”; Notes: Those driven away, seeking refuge.
- נֹדֵד (noded) – Root: נדד (nadad); Form: Qal participle masculine singular; Translation: “fugitive” or “wanderer”; Notes: Individual seeking shelter.
- אַל־תְּגַלִּי (ʾal-tegalli) – Root: גלה (galah); Form: Qal jussive 2nd person feminine singular with negative particle; Translation: “do not reveal”; Notes: A plea to conceal and protect the refugee.