וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ הֵקִ֣ים תַּחְתָּ֔ם אֹתָ֖ם מָ֣ל יְהֹושֻׁ֑עַ כִּי־עֲרֵלִ֣ים הָי֔וּ כִּ֛י לֹא־מָ֥לוּ אֹותָ֖ם בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃
And their children, He raised up in their place; them Yehoshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised because they had not circumcised them on the way.
Morphology
- וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ (və’et-bəneihem) – Root: בֵּן; Form: conjunction + direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person plural suffix; Translation: “and their children”; Notes: Refers to the next generation.
- הֵקִ֣ים (hēqīm) – Root: קוּם; Form: Hifil perfect 3rd person singular; Translation: “He raised up”; Notes: Causative verb indicating replacement.
- תַּחְתָּ֔ם (taḥtām) – Root: תַּחַת; Form: preposition with 3rd person plural suffix; Translation: “in their place”; Notes: Indicates substitution.
- אֹתָ֖ם (’ōtām) – Root: אוֹת; Form: direct object marker with 3rd person plural suffix; Translation: “them”; Notes: Refers to the children.
- מָ֣ל (māl) – Root: מוּל; Form: Qal perfect 3rd person singular; Translation: “he circumcised”; Notes: Describes the action performed by Yehoshua.
- יְהֹושֻׁ֑עַ (Yehoshua‘) – Root: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; Form: proper noun; Translation: “Yehoshua”; Notes: Refers to Joshua, the leader of Yisra’el.
- כִּי־עֲרֵלִ֣ים (kī-‘arēlīm) – Root: עָרֵל; Form: conjunction + adjective, masculine plural; Translation: “for they were uncircumcised”; Notes: Explains the need for circumcision.
- הָי֔וּ (hāyu) – Root: הָיָה; Form: Qal perfect 3rd person plural; Translation: “they were”; Notes: Describes the state of the children.
- כִּ֛י (kī) – Root: כִּי; Form: conjunction; Translation: “because”; Notes: Introduces a reason.
- לֹא־מָ֥לוּ (lō-mālu) – Root: מוּל; Form: Qal perfect 3rd person plural + negative particle; Translation: “they had not circumcised”; Notes: Indicates the action not performed.
- אֹותָ֖ם (’ōtām) – Root: אוֹת; Form: direct object marker with 3rd person plural suffix; Translation: “them”; Notes: Refers again to the children.
- בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ (baddārekh) – Root: דֶּרֶךְ; Form: noun, masculine singular with preposition and definite article; Translation: “on the way”; Notes: Refers to the wilderness journey.