כְרָמִ֖ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כְרָמִ֖ים

   khra-MIM

   vineyards
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְנִטְע֥וּ כְרָמִ֖ים

   ve-nit-E-U khra-MIM

   and plant vineyards
3. clause🔊 וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗ית זִרְע֧וּ וְקִצְר֛וּ וְנִטְע֥וּ כְרָמִ֖ים וְאִכְל֥וּ פִרְיָֽם׃

   u-va-sha-NA ha-she-li-SHIT zir-E-U ve-kits-RE-U ve-nit-E-U khra-MIM ve-ikh-LU fir-YAM

   and in the year the third sow and reap and plant vineyards and eat their fruit
4. sentence🔊 וְזֶה־לְּךָ֣ הָא֔וֹת אָכ֤וֹל הַשָּׁנָה֙ סָפִ֔יחַ וּבַשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית סָחִ֑ישׁ וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗ית זִרְע֧וּ וְקִצְר֛וּ וְנִטְע֥וּ כְרָמִ֖ים וְאִכְל֥וּ פִרְיָֽם׃

   ve-ZE-le-KHA ha-OT a-KHOL ha-sha-NA sa-FI-akh u-va-sha-NA ha-she-NIT sa-KHI-sh u-va-sha-NA ha-she-li-SHIT zir-E-U ve-kits-RE-U ve-nit-E-U khra-MIM ve-ikh-LU fir-YAM

   and this to you the sign eat this year self-grown produce and in the year the second what springs up and in the year the third sow and reap and plant vineyards and eat their fruit

Exegesis

In u-va-shanah ha-shelishit the cascade of Qal imperatives zīr‘û, wə-qî-ṣə-rû, wə-niṭ-‘û shifts to active restoration through keramim {כְּרָמִים | kə-rā-mîm} ‘vineyards’, culminating in consumption of piryam {פִרְיָם | pīr-yām} ‘their fruit’. The three-tiered year structure underscores a movement from passive provision to deliberate cultivation, preserved in English through parallel infinitive and imperative constructions.

Root and etymology

m-y-m🔊 מ־י־םmem–yod–mem

“water”

• 🔊 יָםyamseaGenesis 1:10