אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם חַי־אָ֨נִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֕א כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנָ֑י כֵּ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃
Say to them, ‘As I live,’ declares YHWH, ‘surely as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you.
Morphology
- אֱמֹ֣ר (emor) – Root: אמר (ʾ-m-r); Form: Qal imperative masculine singular; Translation: “Say”; Notes: Direct command to speak or declare.
- אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (a-leihem) – Root: אל (ʾ-l); Form: Preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “To them”; Notes: Indicates the recipients of the command.
- חַי־אָ֨נִי֙ (ḥai-ani) – Root: חי (ḥ-y); Form: Adjective + pronoun; Translation: “As I live”; Notes: A divine oath affirming the statement.
- נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה (neʾum-YHWH) – Root: נאם (n-ʾ-m); Form: Construct noun + proper noun; Translation: “Declares YHWH”; Notes: Indicates a solemn declaration by YHWH.
- אִם־לֹ֕א (im-lo) – Root: אם (ʾ-m) + לא (l-ʾ); Form: Conditional particle + negation; Translation: “Surely”; Notes: Expresses certainty or an emphatic declaration.
- כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (kaʾasher) – Root: אשר (ʾ-sh-r); Form: Comparative particle; Translation: “As”; Notes: Introduces a comparison or condition.
- דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם (dibbartem) – Root: דבר (d-b-r); Form: Piel perfect 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “You have spoken”; Notes: Describes the completed action of speech.
- בְּאָזְנָ֑י (bʾaznai) – Root: אוזן (ʾ-z-n); Form: Preposition + dual noun + 1st person singular suffix; Translation: “In My hearing”; Notes: Indicates the place or medium where the speech was heard.
- כֵ֖ן (ken) – Root: כן (k-n); Form: Adverb; Translation: “So”; Notes: Confirms the correspondence between condition and action.
- אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה (eʿeseh) – Root: עשה (ʿ-s-h); Form: Qal imperfect 1st person singular; Translation: “I will do”; Notes: Describes future action by YHWH.
- לָכֶֽם (lachem) – Root: לכם (l-k-m); Form: Preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “To you”; Notes: Specifies the recipients of the action.