וַאֲנִ֞י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַאֲנִ֞י

   va-a-NI

   {And} I
2. clause🔊 וָאֹמַ֣ר לָכֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֮ תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־אַדְמָתָם֒ וַאֲנִ֞י אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה לָכֶם֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אֹתָ֔הּ אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ

   va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH

   {And} I said to you you shall inherit their land {And} I will give it it to you to possess land flowing with milk and honey
3. sentence🔊 וָאֹמַ֣ר לָכֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֮ תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־אַדְמָתָם֒ וַאֲנִ֞י אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה לָכֶם֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אֹתָ֔הּ אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִן־הָֽעַמִּֽים׃

   va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAY-khem a-SHER-hiv-DAL-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-MEEM

   {And} I said to you you shall inherit their land {And} I will give it it to you to possess land flowing with milk and honey I LORD your God who separated you from the peoples

Exegesis

The declaration ani YHWH eloheikhem {אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | ʾă-nî Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hē-khem} introduces the divine title, linked to the relative clause asher-hibdalti-etkhem {אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי אֶתְכֶם | ʾă-šer hib-dal-tî ʾet-khem} ‘who has separated you’, where the Hiphil perfect conveys the definitiveness of Israel’s separation from the nations (min-haammim {מִן־הָֽעַמִּֽים | min-hā-ʿam-mîm}). The translation maintains the Hebrew word-order markers and vav-consecutive narrative flow, balancing literal fidelity with English readability.