21st Century Bible Hebrew -- Genesis 3:15-16, ayin vav verbs

Genesis 3:15-16

 

טו וְאֵיבָ֣ה ׀ אָשִׁ֗ית בֵּֽינְךָ֙ וּבֵ֣ין הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וּבֵ֥ין זַֽרְעֲךָ֖ וּבֵ֣ין זַרְעָ֑הּ ה֚וּא יְשֽׁוּפְךָ֣ רֹ֔אשׁ וְאַתָּ֖ה תְּשׁוּפֶ֥נּוּ עָקֵֽב:

טז אֶל־הָֽאִשָּׁ֣ה אָמַ֗ר הַרְבָּ֤ה אַרְבֶּה֙ עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵ֔ךְ בְּעֶ֖צֶב תֵּֽלְדִ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ֙ תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְ וְה֖וּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ:

 

Translation: I shall set enmity between your son and the son of the woman, between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head and you shall bite him in return
To the woman He said, I should increase your pain and your birthing, you shall birth children in pain; but your impulse is toward your husband, but he can control you.

 

Vocabulary in this lesson:

אֵיבָה	enmity
יְשׁוּפְךָ	He shall wound you
תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ	You shall wound him
עָקֵב	heel
עֶצֶב	Pain
עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ	Your pain
תֵּלְדִי	[give] birth
בָנִים	Children, sons
תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ	Your desire

 

We have two verbs in this lesson that have something in common.  The root has a vav in the middle.  “Wound” is shin vav pe and “your desire” is shin vav qof.   I’ll give you the conjugation of a related verb that you will see much more often, qof vav mem which means “arise.” 

 

Progressive

 

Singular	Plural	Gender
קָם	קָמִים	Masculine
קָמָה	קָמוֹת	Feminine

 

Perfect

 

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
קַמְתִּי	קַמְנוּ	First
קַמְתָּ	קַמְתֶּם	Second/masculine
קַמְתְּ	קַמְתֶּן	Second/feminine
קָם	קָמוּ	Third/masculine
קָמָה	קָמְוּ	Third/feminine

 

Imperfect

 

Singular	Plural	Person/gender
אָקוּם	נָקוּם	First
תָּקוּם	תָּקוּמוּ	Second/masculine
תָּקוּמִי	תָּקוֹמְנָה	Second/feminine
יָקוּם	יָקוּמוּ	Third/masculine
תָּקוּמִי	תָּקוֹמְנָה	Third/feminine

 

Note that this verb does not look like a polel verb, which I discussed some time ago. That happens in piel; this binyan is qal.