וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ לָ֣הּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים נַפְשֵׁ֤נוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶם֙ לָמ֔וּת אִ֚ם לֹ֣א תַגִּ֔ידוּ אֶת־דְּבָרֵ֖נוּ זֶ֑ה וְהָיָ֗ה בְּתֵת־יְהוָ֥ה לָ֨נוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְעָשִׂ֥ינוּ עִמָּ֖ךְ חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת׃
And the men said to her, “Our lives for yours, to die, if you do not reveal this matter of ours; and it shall be, when YHWH gives us the land, we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ (vayomru) – Root: אָמַר (to say); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “and they said”.
- לָ֣הּ (lah) – Root: ל (to) + הִיא (her); Form: Preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “to her”.
- הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (ha’anashim) – Root: אִישׁ (man); Form: Noun masculine plural with definite article; Translation: “the men”.
- נַפְשֵׁ֤נוּ (nafshenu) – Root: נֶפֶשׁ (soul, life); Form: Noun feminine singular construct with 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “our lives”.
- תַחְתֵּיכֶם֙ (taḥteikhem) – Root: תַּחַת (under, in place of); Form: Noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “for yours”.
- לָמ֔וּת (lamut) – Root: מוּת (to die); Form: Qal infinitive construct with preposition ל; Translation: “to die”.
- אִ֚ם (im) – Form: Conjunction; Translation: “if”.
- לֹ֣א (lo) – Form: Negative particle; Translation: “not”.
- תַגִּ֔ידוּ (taggidu) – Root: נ־ג־ד (to tell, declare); Form: Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “you tell”.
- אֶת־דְּבָרֵ֖נוּ (et-devarenu) – Root: דָּבָר (word, matter); Form: Direct object marker + noun masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “our matter”.
- זֶ֑ה (zeh) – Form: Demonstrative pronoun masculine singular; Translation: “this”.
- וְהָיָ֗ה (vehayah) – Root: הָיָה (to be); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with conjunction; Translation: “and it shall be”.
- בְּתֵת־יְהוָ֥ה (betet-YHWH) – Root: נ־ת־ן (to give); Form: Qal infinitive construct with preposition בְּ + YHWH; Translation: “when YHWH gives”.
- לָ֨נוּ֙ (lanu) – Root: ל (to) + אֲנַחְנוּ (we, us); Form: Preposition with 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “to us”.
- אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ (et-ha’aretz) – Root: אֶרֶץ (land); Form: Direct object marker + noun feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the land”.
- וְעָשִׂ֥ינוּ (ve’asinu) – Root: ע־שׂ־ה (to do, make); Form: Qal perfect 1st person plural with conjunction; Translation: “and we will do”.
- עִמָּ֖ךְ (immakh) – Root: עִם (with) + אַתְּ (you, feminine singular); Form: Preposition with 2nd person feminine singular suffix; Translation: “with you”.
- חֶ֥סֶד (ḥesed) – Root: חֶסֶד (kindness, mercy); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “kindness”.
- וֶאֱמֶֽת׃ (ve’emet) – Root: אֱמֶת (truth); Form: Noun feminine singular with conjunction; Translation: “and truth”.