מִֽי־מָדַ֨ד בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹ מַ֗יִם וְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ בַּזֶּ֣רֶת תִּכֵּ֔ן וְכָ֥ל בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ וְשָׁקַ֤ל בַּפֶּ֙לֶס֙ הָרִ֔ים וּגְבָע֖וֹת בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃
·Debug: verse number 10949Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
/mī mādád bᵉ šoʿŏlṓ máyim wᵉ šāmáyim ba -z-zéret tikkḗn wᵉ xol ba -š-šālíš ʿăfar hā ʾā́reṣ wᵉ šāqál ba -p-péles hārī́m ū gᵉvāʿṓt bᵉ mōzᵉnā́yim /
Gloss translation
- mī
- who
- pro?
- mādád
- measure
- v √qal perf III m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- šoʿŏlṓ
- handful
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- máyim
- water
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šāmáyim
- heavens
- n m pl abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -z-zéret
- span
- n f sg abs
- tikkḗn
- estimate
- v √pi perf III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xol
- comprehend
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- -š-šālíš
- third part
- n m sg abs
- ʿăfar
- dust
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šāqál
- weigh
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- -p-péles
- indicator
- n m sg abs
- hārī́m
- mountain
- n m pl abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- gᵉvāʿṓt
- hill
- n f pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- mōzᵉnā́yim
- balances
- n m 2 abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- māḏaˈḏ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ šoʕᵒlôˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - maˈyim
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Nominal phrase - šāmaˈyim
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ba zzeˈreṯ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tikkēˈn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḵol
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ba ššāliˈš
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃfar hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šāqaˈl
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ba ppeˈles
- Object
Nominal phrase - hārîˈm
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḡᵊvāʕôˈṯ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ mōzᵊnāˈyim
- Conjunction