וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ הַיֹּ֣ום הַזֶּ֗ה אָחֵל֙ גַּדֶּלְךָ֔ בְּעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ יֵֽדְע֔וּן כִּ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיִ֛יתִי עִם־מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶהְיֶ֥ה עִמָּֽךְ׃
And YHWH said to Yehoshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Yisraʾel, that they may know that as I was with Moshe, I will be with you.”
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (vayyōmer) – Root: א־מ־ר (to say); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he said”.
- יְהוָה֙ (YHWH) – Root: יהוה (the Tetragrammaton); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “YHWH”.
- אֶל־יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ (ʾel-Yĕhōšūaʿ) – Root: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshua); Form: Preposition אֶל־ (to) + proper noun; Translation: “to Yehoshua”.
- הַיֹּ֣ום (hayyōm) – Root: יֹום (day); Form: Noun masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “this day”.
- הַזֶּ֗ה (hazzeh) – Root: זֶה (this); Form: Demonstrative pronoun masculine singular; Translation: “this”.
- אָחֵל֙ (ʾāḥēl) – Root: ח־ל־ל (to begin); Form: Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular; Translation: “I will begin”.
- גַּדֶּלְךָ֔ (gaddelḵā) – Root: ג־ד־ל (to make great, exalt); Form: Piel infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “to exalt you”.
- בְּעֵינֵ֖י (bĕʿēnē) – Root: עַיִן (eye); Form: Preposition בְּ (in, before) + plural construct; Translation: “in the eyes of”.
- כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (kol-Yisrāʾēl) – Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra’el); Form: Noun proper with כָּל־ (all); Translation: “all Yisra’el”.
- אֲשֶׁר֙ (ʾăšer) – Root: אֲשֶׁר (which, that); Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “that”.
- יֵֽדְע֔וּן (yēdʿūn) – Root: י־ד־ע (to know); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with paragogic nun; Translation: “they may know”.
- כִּ֗י (kī) – Root: כִּי (because, that); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “that”.
- כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (kaʾăšer) – Root: אֲשֶׁר (that, as); Form: Preposition כַּ (as) + relative pronoun; Translation: “as”.
- הָיִ֛יתִי (hāyītī) – Root: ה־י־ה (to be); Form: Qal perfect 1st person singular; Translation: “I was”.
- עִם־מֹשֶׁ֖ה (ʿim-Mōšeh) – Root: עִם (with) + מֹשֶׁה (Moshe); Form: Preposition + proper noun; Translation: “with Moshe”.
- אֶהְיֶ֥ה (ʾehyeh) – Root: ה־י־ה (to be); Form: Qal imperfect 1st person singular; Translation: “I will be”.
- עִמָּֽךְ׃ (ʿimmāḵ) – Root: עִם (with); Form: Preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “with you”.