וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים יָדַ֕עְתִּי כִּֽי־נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְכִֽי־נָפְלָ֤ה אֵֽימַתְכֶם֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ וְכִ֥י נָמֹ֛גוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃
And she said to the men, “I know that YHWH has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.
Morphology
- וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙ (vattomer) – Root: א־מ־ר (to say); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with vav consecutive; Translation: “and she said”.
- אֶל־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (el-haʾanashim) – Root: אִישׁ (man); Form: Preposition + noun masculine plural with definite article; Translation: “to the men”.
- יָדַ֕עְתִּי (yadaʿti) – Root: י־ד־ע (to know); Form: Qal perfect 1st person singular; Translation: “I know”.
- כִּֽי־נָתַ֧ן (ki-natan) – Root: נ־ת־ן (to give); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “that has given”.
- יְהוָ֛ה (YHWH) – Root: יהוה; Form: Proper noun, Tetragrammaton; Translation: “YHWH”.
- לָכֶ֖ם (lachem) – Root: אַתֶּם (you, masculine plural); Form: Preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “to you”.
- אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ (et-haʾaretz) – Root: אֶרֶץ (land); Form: Direct object marker + noun feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the land”.
- וְכִֽי־נָפְלָ֤ה (veki-nafla) – Root: נ־פ־ל (to fall); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular with conjunction; Translation: “and that has fallen”.
- אֵֽימַתְכֶם֙ (ʾematkhem) – Root: אֵימָה (fear); Form: Noun feminine singular + 2nd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “your fear”.
- עָלֵ֔ינוּ (ʿaleinu) – Root: עַל (upon, on); Form: Preposition + 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “upon us”.
- וְכִ֥י (veki) – Root: כִּי (that); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “and that”.
- נָמֹ֛גוּ (namogu) – Root: מ־ס־ס (to melt); Form: Nifal perfect 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “they have melted”.
- כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י (kol-yoshvei) – Root: י־שׁ־ב (to dwell); Form: Noun masculine plural participle with construct and prefix כָּל; Translation: “all the inhabitants of”.
- הָאָ֖רֶץ (haʾaretz) – Root: אֶרֶץ (land); Form: Noun feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the land”.
- מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃ (mipneikhem) – Root: פָּנִים (face); Form: Preposition מִן + noun plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “before you”.