Jan 06 2010

Genesis 42:23-25

Published by Hardy at 9:50 am under Genesis

וְהֵם֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ כִּ֥י שֹׁמֵ֖עַ יוֹסֵ֑ף כִּ֥י הַמֵּלִ֖יץ בֵּינֹתָֽם׃ 24 וַיִּסֹּ֥ב מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ וַיָּ֤שָׁב אֲלֵהֶם֙ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֵֽאִתָּם֙ אֶת־שִׁמְע֔וֹן וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ר אֹתוֹ֖ לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ 25 וַיְצַ֣ו יוֹסֵ֗ף וַיְמַלְא֣וּ אֶת־כְּלֵיהֶם֮ בָּר֒ וּלְהָשִׁ֤יב כַּסְפֵּיהֶם֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־שַׂקֹּ֔ו וְלָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם צֵדָ֖ה לַדָּ֑רֶךְ וַיַּ֥עַשׂ לָהֶ֖ם כֵּֽן׃

Vocabulary

Verse 23

            ליץ verb (Hiphil participle m.s. absolute): "interpret; deride" (BDB, 539)

Verse 24

            סבב verb: "turn (around); surround"

            בכה verb: "weep"

            שׁמעון name: "Simeon" (BDB, 1035)

            אסר verb: "bind" (BDB, 63)

Verse 25

            בר noun: "grain" (BDB, 141)

            שׂק noun: "sack" (BDB, 974)

            צדה noun: "food, provision(s)" (BDB, 845)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 23

  • Clause Structure 1 (וְהֵם֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ כִּ֥י שֹׁמֵ֖עַ יוֹסֵ֑ף כִּ֥י הַמֵּלִ֖יץ בֵּינֹתָֽם): S-V-O
  • Clause Structure 2 (שֹׁמֵ֖עַ יוֹסֵ֑ף): V-S
  • Clause Structure 3 (כִּ֥י הַמֵּלִ֖יץ בֵּינֹתָֽם): S-P
    • The participle may best be taken as a substantive (W-O 13.5.1e).
    • The preposition בינת is a biform of בֵּין "between."

Verse 24

  • Clause Structure 1 (וַיִּסֹּ֥ב מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם): V-M
  • Clause Structure 2 (וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ): V
  • Clause Structure 3 (וַיָּ֤שָׁב אֲלֵהֶם֙): V-M
  • Clause Structure 4 (וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם): V-M
  • Clause Structure 5 (וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֵֽאִתָּם֙ אֶת־שִׁמְע֔וֹן): V-M-O
  • Clause Structure 6 (וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ר אֹתוֹ֖ לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם): V-O-M

Verse 25

  • Clause Structure 1 (וַיְצַ֣ו יוֹסֵ֗ף): V-S
  • Clause Structure 2 (וַיְמַלְא֣וּ אֶת־כְּלֵיהֶם֮ בָּר֒): V-O-O
    • The present command formula with a conjunction and a finite form may have also been written, למלא, that is, as an infinitive (as in the following infinitival clauses), albeit with a slight variation in meaning (GKC 120f; J-M 177j).
    • The Piel of מלא takes two objects: the item being filled and the substance filling it (W-O 10.2.3e).
  • Clause Structure 3 (וּלְהָשִׁ֤יב כַּסְפֵּיהֶם֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־שַׂקֹּ֔ו): V-O-M
    • The pronominal form of כספיהם combines the singular base (*qatl) with the plural morpheme, -ey, yielding an unexpected form (GKC 93m; cf. J-M 96Ad).
  • Clause Structure 4 (וְלָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם צֵדָ֖ה לַדָּ֑רֶךְ): V-M-O-M
  • Clause Structure 5 (וַיַּ֥עַשׂ לָהֶ֖ם כֵּֽן): V-M

 

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