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וַיָּ֥רָץ הָעֶ֖בֶד לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִי נָ֛א מְעַט־מַ֖יִם מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃ 18 וַתֹּ֖אמֶר שְׁתֵ֣ה אֲדֹנִ֑י וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר וַתֹּ֧רֶד כַּדָּ֛הּ עַל־יָדָ֖הּ וַתַּשְׁקֵֽהוּ׃ 19 וַתְּכַ֖ל לְהַשְׁקֹת֑וֹ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר גַּ֤ם לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙ אֶשְׁאָ֔ב עַ֥ד אִם־כִּלּ֖וּ לִשְׁתֹּֽת׃ 20 וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר וַתְּעַ֤ר כַּדָּהּ֙ אֶל־הַשֹּׁ֔קֶת וַתָּ֥רָץ ע֛וֹד אֶֽל־הַבְּאֵ֖ר לִשְׁאֹ֑ב וַתִּשְׁאַ֖ב לְכָל־גְּמַלָּֽיו׃

Vocabulary

Verse 17

            רוץ  verb: “run”

            גמא  verb (Hiphil imperative fs with 1cs suffix): “let drink” (BDB, 167)

            מעט  “little”

            כד  “jar” (BDB, 461)

Verse 18

            שׁתה  verb (Qal imperative ms): “drink”

            מהר  verb: “hurry”

            כד  “jar” (BDB, 461)

שׁקה  verb (Hiphil waw-consecutive imperfect 3fs with 3ms suffix): “cause to drink”

Verse 19

כלה  verb: “finish, complete”

שׁקה  verb (Hiphil infinitive construct): “cause to drink”

            שׁאב  verb: “draw” (BDB, 980)

            גמל  “camel”

Verse 20

            ערה  verb: “empty” (BDB, 788)

            כד  “jar” (BDB, 461)

            שׁקת  “watering trough” (BDD, 1052)

            באר  “well” (BDB, 91)

            שׁאב  verb: “draw” (BDB, 167)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 17

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיָּ֥רָץ הָעֶ֖בֶד לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ): V-S-M
• The infinitive clause modifies the verb.
• Embedded Typology A (לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ): V-O
• The 3fs suffix is the object of the infinitive
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִי נָ֛א מְעַט־מַ֖יִם מִכַּדֵּֽךְ): V-O
• The object is direct speech.
• Embedded Typology A (הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִי נָ֛א מְעַט־מַ֖יִם מִכַּדֵּֽךְ): V-O-M
• The object is the 1cs suffix attached to the verb.
• The particle, נָא “please, I pray, softens the command.

Verse 18

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַתֹּ֖אמֶר שְׁתֵ֣ה אֲדֹנִ֑י וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר וַתֹּ֧רֶד כַּדָּ֛הּ עַל־יָדָ֖הּ וַתַּשְׁקֵֽהוּ): V-O
• The speaker shifts to Rebekah (ותאמר).
• Embedded Typology A (שְׁתֵ֣ה אֲדֹנִ֑י): V-S
• The appellation, אדני, is vocative.
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר): V
• This verb is coordinated with the following verb forming a verbal hendiadys; GKC notes that the second verb carries the principle idea (120d).
• Sentence Typology 3 (וַתֹּ֧רֶד כַּדָּ֛הּ עַל־יָדָ֖הּ): V-O-M
• Sentence Typology 4 (וַתַּשְׁקֵֽהוּ): V-O
• The 3ms attached suffix referring to the servant, נער, is the object.

Verse 19

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַתְּכַ֖ל לְהַשְׁקֹת֑וֹ): V-M
• The waw serves to mark a temporal clause—“when” (GKC 164b).
• Embedded Typology A (לְהַשְׁקֹת֑וֹ): V-O
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַתֹּ֗אמֶר גַּ֤ם לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙ אֶשְׁאָ֔ב עַ֥ד אִם־כִּלּ֖וּ לִשְׁתֹּֽת): V-O
• The object is direct speech.
• Embedded Typology A (גַּ֤ם לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙ אֶשְׁאָ֔ב): M-V
• Embedded Typology B (עַ֥ד אִם־כִּלּ֖וּ לִשְׁתֹּֽת): V-M
• The particles, עד אם, are used in conjunction to mean “until when” or “until.”
• This Piel perfect, כִּלּוּ, denotes a future state/factitive (cf. GKC 106o).

Verse 20

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר): V
• See note on the second matrix clause of verse 18.
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַתְּעַ֤ר כַּדָּהּ֙ אֶל־הַשֹּׁ֔קֶת): V-O-M
• The final root he, ערה, is apocopated as a waw-consecutive.
• Sentence Typology 3 (וַתָּ֥רָץ ע֛וֹד אֶֽל־הַבְּאֵ֖ר לִשְׁאֹ֑ב): V-M
• Notice the narrative stress on Rebekah’s intrepid work ethic, מהר & רוץ.
• Sentence Typology 4 (וַתִּשְׁאַ֖ב לְכָל־גְּמַלָּֽיו): V-M
• The lamed preposition shows the aim/goal.

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