וָאֹמַ֕ר אָ֖נָה אַתָּ֣ה הֹלֵ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י לָמֹד֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִרְאֹ֥ות כַּמָּֽה־רָחְבָּ֖הּ וְכַמָּ֥ה אָרְכָּֽהּ׃
And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Yerushalayim, to see how much its breadth is and how much its length is.”
Morphology
- וָאֹמַר (va-omar) — Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 1cs; Translation: “And I said”; Notes: Marks the prophet’s inquiry to the figure.
- אָנָה (anah) — Root: אנה (ʾanah); Form: Interrogative adverb; Translation: “Where”; Notes: Asks about direction or destination.
- אַתָּה (attah) — Root: אתה (attah); Form: Pronoun 2ms; Translation: “you”; Notes: Addressing the man with the measuring cord.
- הֹלֵךְ (holekh) — Root: הלך (halakh); Form: Qal participle masculine singular; Translation: “going”; Notes: Indicates ongoing motion.
- וַיֹּאמֶר (va-yomer) — Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3ms; Translation: “And he said”; Notes: Response of the man.
- אֵלַי (elai) — Root: אל (ʾel); Form: Preposition אֶל + suffix 1cs; Translation: “to me”; Notes: Marks the recipient of the explanation.
- לָמֹד (la-mod) — Root: מדד (madad); Form: Preposition לְ + infinitive construct; Translation: “to measure”; Notes: States the man’s purpose.
- אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִם (et-Yerushalayim) — Root: ירושלם (Yerushalayim); Form: Object marker אֶת + proper noun; Translation: “Yerushalayim”; Notes: Direct object of the measuring.
- לִרְאֹות (li-reʾot) — Root: ראה (raʾah); Form: Preposition לְ + infinitive construct; Translation: “to see”; Notes: Expresses purpose following the measuring.
- כַּמָּה־רָחְבָּהּ (kammah-raḥbah) — Root: כמה (kammah) + רחב (raḥav); Form: Interrogative + noun feminine singular + suffix 3fs; Translation: “how much its breadth is”; Notes: Asks extent of width.
- וְכַמָּה (ve-kammah) — Root: כמה (kammah); Form: Conjunction + interrogative; Translation: “and how much”; Notes: Parallel construction with previous phrase.
- אָרְכָּהּ (ʾorkah) — Root: ארך (ʾarakh); Form: Noun masculine singular + suffix 3fs; Translation: “its length”; Notes: Completes the measurement pairing of breadth and length.