הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם אִם־כְּחֹ֥מֶר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי־יֹאמַ֨ר מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֔נִי וְיֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין׃
·Debug: verse number 10726You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
/hafkᵉxem ʾim kᵉ ḥṓmer ha-y-yōṣḗr yēḥāšḗv kī yōmár maʿăśé lᵉ ʿōśḗhū lō ʿāśā́nī wᵉ yḗṣer ʾāmár lᵉ yōṣᵉrṓ lō hēvī́n /
Gloss translation
- hafkᵉxem
- opposite
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- kᵉ
- as
- prep
- ḥṓmer
- clay
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yōṣḗr
- potter
- n m sg abs
- yēḥāšḗv
- account
- v √ni imperf III m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- yōmár
- say
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- maʿăśé
- deed
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʿōśḗhū
- make
- n √qal part m sg abs + III m sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʿāśā́nī
- make
- v √qal perf III m sg + I sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yḗṣer
- form
- n m sg abs
- ʾāmár
- say
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- yōṣᵉrṓ
- shape
- n √qal part m sg abs + III m sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- hēvī́n
- understand
- v √hi perf III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - hafkᵊḵem
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - kᵊ ḥōˈmer
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yyōṣēˈr
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yēḥāšēˈv
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yōmaˈr
- Subject
Nominal phrase - maʕᵃśeˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʕōśēˈhû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʕāśāˈnî
- Negation
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - yēˈṣer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmaˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ yôṣᵊrôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hēvîˈn
- Negation