2{
"verseID": "Genesis.24.2",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֗ם אֶל־עַבְדּוֹ֙ זְקַ֣ן בֵּית֔וֹ הַמֹּשֵׁ֖ל בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ שִֽׂים־נָ֥א יָדְךָ֖ תַּ֥חַת יְרֵכִֽי׃",
"text": "*wayyōʾmer* *ʾaḇrāhām* *ʾel-ʿaḇdô* *zəqan* *bêṯô* *hammōšēl* *bəḵāl-ʾăšer-lô* *śîm-nāʾ* *yāḏḵā* *taḥaṯ* *yərēḵî*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʾaḇrāhām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - to",
"*ʿaḇdô*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servant",
"*zəqan*": "adjective construct - elder of",
"*bêṯô*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house",
"*hammōšēl*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the one ruling",
"*bəḵāl-*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - over all",
"*ʾăšer-lô*": "relative pronoun + preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - that was to him",
"*śîm-nāʾ*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - place please",
"*yāḏḵā*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand",
"*taḥaṯ*": "preposition - under",
"*yərēḵî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my thigh"
},
"variants": {
"*zəqan* *bêṯô*": "eldest of his house/oldest servant of his household",
"*hammōšēl* *bəḵāl-ʾăšer-lô*": "who ruled over all that he had/who managed everything he owned",
"*taḥaṯ* *yərēḵî*": "under my thigh/beneath my loins (euphemism for oath-taking gesture)"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Genesis.24.3",
"source": "וְאַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲךָ֔ בּֽ͏ַיהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־תִקַּ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ לִבְנִ֔י מִבְּנוֹת֙ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*wəʾašbîʿăḵā* *bayhwh* *ʾĕlōhê* *haššāmayim* *wēʾlōhê* *hāʾāreṣ* *ʾăšer* *lōʾ-tiqqaḥ* *ʾiššāh* *liḇnî* *mibbənôṯ* *hakkənaʿănî* *ʾăšer* *ʾānōḵî* *yôšēḇ* *bəqirbô*",
"grammar": {
"*wəʾašbîʿăḵā*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I will make you swear",
"*bayhwh*": "preposition + proper noun - by YHWH",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - God of",
"*haššāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine dual - the heavens",
"*wēʾlōhê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and God of",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that",
"*lōʾ-tiqqaḥ*": "negative particle + Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall not take",
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman/wife",
"*liḇnî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - for my son",
"*mibbənôṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - from daughters of",
"*hakkənaʿănî*": "definite article + proper noun, masculine singular - the Canaanite",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - whom",
"*ʾānōḵî*": "personal pronoun, 1st singular - I",
"*yôšēḇ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling",
"*bəqirbô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his midst"
},
"variants": {
"*wəʾašbîʿăḵā*": "I will make you swear/I will put you under oath",
"*ʾĕlōhê* *haššāmayim* *wēʾlōhê* *hāʾāreṣ*": "God of heaven and God of earth/Creator of heaven and earth",
"*bəqirbô*": "in his midst/among them/in their territory"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Genesis.24.4",
"source": "כִּ֧י אֶל־אַרְצִ֛י וְאֶל־מוֹלַדְתִּ֖י תֵּלֵ֑ךְ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֖ה לִבְנִ֥י לְיִצְחָֽק׃",
"text": "*kî* *ʾel-ʾarṣî* *wəʾel-môlaḏtî* *tēlēḵ* *wəlāqaḥtā* *ʾiššāh* *liḇnî* *ləyiṣḥāq*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - but/rather",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - to",
"*ʾarṣî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my land",
"*wəʾel-*": "conjunction + preposition - and to",
"*môlaḏtî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my kindred/birthplace",
"*tēlēḵ*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall go",
"*wəlāqaḥtā*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall take",
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman/wife",
"*liḇnî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - for my son",
"*ləyiṣḥāq*": "preposition + proper noun, masculine singular - for Isaac"
},
"variants": {
"*môlaḏtî*": "my kindred/my relatives/my birthplace/my native country",
"*liḇnî* *ləyiṣḥāq*": "for my son, for Isaac/for my son Isaac (apposition)"
}
}