וַתֹּוצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעֹו־בֹו לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֹוב׃
וַתֹּוצֵא Hiphil imperfect 3fs from יָצָא (he brought forth) "she will cause to come forth" with a vav conversive making it "and it [she] caused to come forth" (note: This is a difficult form. It is both a Pe yod (historically Pe vav) and a Lamed Aleph verb and the vowels have done some really strange things. I had to look this one up)
הָאָרֶץ definite article with noun feminine singular "the earth"
דֶּשֶׁא noun masculine singular "grass"
עֵשֶׂב noun masculine singular "herb"
מַזְרִיעַ Hiphil active participle masculine singular from זָרַע (he scattered, he sowed)"causing scattering, causing sowing, seeding"
זֶרַע noun masculine singular "seed"
לְמִינֵהוּ preposition "to" with noun masculine singular "kind" in construct with 3ms pronominal suffix "of it [him]" (note: I'm guessing that the ה between the נ and the וּ is for euphony, "good sound" **** I'm wrong...See Katie's comment to this post. The 3ms suffix is "hu" not just a sureq ****) "to its kind"
וְעֵץ conjunction "and" with noun masculine singular "and tree"
עֹשֶׂה־פְּרִי Qal participle masculine singular from עָשָה (he did, he made) noun masculine singular "making fruit"
אֲשֶׁר relative pronoun "which, whose"
זַרְעֹו־בֹו noun masculine singular "seed" with ms pronominal suffix "of it [him]" and preposition "in" with ms pronominal suffix "it [him]" predicate construction so we supply "is" - "its seed in it is"
לְמִינֵהוּ preposition "to" with noun masculine singular "kind" in construct with 3ms pronominal suffix "of it" - "to its kind"
וַיַּרְא Qal imperfect 3ms from רָאָה (he saw) "he will see" with a vav conversive making it "and he saw"
אֱלֹהִים noun masculine plural "God"
כִּי־טֹוב preposition "like, as" with adjective masculine singular "good" we supply a from of the verb "to be" because of the predicate construction "as being good" or "that it was good"
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On liminehu, the he between the nun and the sureq is actually there as part of the pronominal suffix. The 3ms suffix is actually hu, not just the sureq.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Katie!
ReplyDeleteThese old brain cells really need some help.