וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ נָקֵ֣ל לַצֵּ֔ל לִנְט֖וֹת עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת לֹ֣א כִ֔י יָשׁ֥וּב הַצֵּ֛ל אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃
Debug: verse number 10027Edit time markers“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
/wa-y-yṓmer yᵉḥizqiyyā́hū nāqḗl la -ṣ-ṣēl li nᵉṭōt ʿéśer maʿălṓt lō xī yāšū́v ha-ṣ-ṣēl ʾăḥōrannī́t ʿéśer maʿălṓt /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- yᵉḥizqiyyā́hū
- Hezekiah
- pn m sg abs
- nāqḗl
- be slight
- v √ni perf III m sg
- la
- to
- prep
- -ṣ-ṣēl
- shadow
- n m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- nᵉṭōt
- extend
- v √qal infcon con
- ʿéśer
- ten
- n m sg con
- maʿălṓt
- ascent
- n f pl abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- xī
- that
- cnj
- yāšū́v
- return
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -ṣ-ṣēl
- shadow
- n m sg abs
- ʾăḥōrannī́t
- backwards
- adv
- ʿéśer
- ten
- n m sg con
- maʿălṓt
- ascent
- n f pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - yᵊḥizqiyyāˈhû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāqēˈl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la ṣṣēl
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li nᵊṭôṯ
- Complement
Nominal phrase - ʕeˈśer maʕᵃlôˈṯ
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Negation
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ḵî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāšûˈv
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ṣṣēl
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʔᵃḥōrannîˈṯ
- Complement
Nominal phrase - ʕeˈśer maʕᵃlôˈṯ
- Conjunction