Malachi 1:5

וְעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם תִּרְאֶ֑ינָה וְאַתֶּ֤ם תֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ יִגְדַּ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל לִגְב֥וּל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, “May YHWH be magnified from beyond the border of Yisraʾel.”

Morphology

  1. וְעֵינֵיכֶם (ve-ʿeineikhem) – Root: עין (ʿayin); Form: Conjunction וְ + noun feminine dual construct + suffix 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “and your eyes”; Notes: Dual form reflecting paired organs, with possessive suffix.
  2. תִּרְאֶינָה (tirʾeinah) – Root: ראה (raʾah); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural; Translation: “they shall see”; Notes: Verb agrees in gender and number with עֵינֵיכֶם, a feminine dual treated syntactically as plural.
  3. וְאַתֶּם (ve-ʾattem) – Root: —; Form: Conjunction וְ + independent pronoun 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “and you”; Notes: Emphatic subject before the following verb.
  4. תֹּאמְרוּ (toʾmeru) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “you shall say”; Notes: Future or modal sense following perception.
  5. יִגְדַּל (yigdal) – Root: גדל (gadal); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive nuance; Translation: “may he be magnified” or “he shall be magnified”; Notes: Expresses wish or proclamation concerning YHWH.
  6. יְהוָה (YHWH) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Proper noun masculine singular; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: Covenant name of the God of Yisraʾel.
  7. מֵעַל (me-ʿal) – Root: —; Form: Preposition מִן + preposition עַל; Translation: “from upon” or “from beyond”; Notes: Compound prepositional form expressing extension beyond a boundary.
  8. לִגְבוּל (li-gevul) – Root: גבול (gevul); Form: Preposition לְ + noun masculine singular construct; Translation: “to the border of”; Notes: לְ marks relation toward or reference.
  9. יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisraʾel) – Root: שרה + אל (sarah + ʾel); Form: Proper noun masculine singular; Translation: “Yisraʾel”; Notes: Covenant nation descended from Yaʿaqov.

 

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