כִּ֠י לֹֽא־דִבַּ֤רְתִּי אֶת־אֲבֹֽותֵיכֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א צִוִּיתִ֔ים בְּיֹ֛ום הוציא אֹותָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם עַל־דִּבְרֵ֥י עֹולָ֖ה וָזָֽבַח׃
For I did not speak with your fathers, nor did I command them on the day I brought them out from the land of Mitsrayim, concerning matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice.
Morphology
- כִּ֠י (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For”; Notes: Introduces a causal or explanatory clause.
- לֹֽא־דִבַּ֤רְתִּי (lo-dibbarti) – Root: דבר; Form: Qal perfect 1st person common singular with negative particle; Translation: “I did not speak”; Notes: Refers to YHWH’s denial of a specific type of speech act.
- אֶת־אֲבֹֽותֵיכֶם (et-avotekhem) – Root: אב; Form: Definite direct object marker + plural construct noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “your fathers”; Notes: Refers to the ancestors of Yisraʾel.
- וְלֹ֣א (ve-lo) – Root: לא; Form: Conjunction + negative particle; Translation: “nor”; Notes: Continues the negation from the previous clause.
- צִוִּיתִ֔ים (tsivvitim) – Root: צוה; Form: Piel perfect 1st person common singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “did I command them”; Notes: Indicates a direct command, which YHWH denies giving regarding sacrifices.
- בְּיֹ֛ום (be-yom) – Root: יום; Form: Preposition + masculine singular noun; Translation: “on the day”; Notes: Temporal phrase setting the time of the statement.
- הוציא (hotsiʾ) – Root: יצא; Form: Hifil infinitive construct; Translation: “bringing out”; Notes: Describes the act of YHWH bringing Yisraʾel out of Mitsrayim.
- אֹותָ֖ם (otam) – Root: את; Form: 3rd person masculine plural pronominal suffix; Translation: “them”; Notes: Refers back to the ancestors/fathers.
- מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (me-ʾerets) – Root: ארץ; Form: Preposition + feminine singular noun; Translation: “from the land”; Notes: Beginning of geographical phrase.
- מִצְרָ֑יִם (Mitsrayim) – Root: מצרים; Form: Proper noun, feminine singular; Translation: “Mitsrayim”; Notes: The land of Egypt from which YHWH brought Yisraʾel out.
- עַל־דִּבְרֵ֥י (ʿal-divrei) – Root: דבר; Form: Preposition + plural construct form of noun; Translation: “concerning matters of”; Notes: Introduces the topic or subject of speech or command.
- עֹולָ֖ה (ʿolah) – Root: עלה; Form: Noun feminine singular; Translation: “burnt-offering”; Notes: Refers to a specific type of sacrifice wholly burned before YHWH.
- וָזָֽבַח (va-zavach) – Root: זבח; Form: Conjunction + noun masculine singular; Translation: “and sacrifice”; Notes: General term for animal offerings.