הֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְ כּוּשִׁי֙ עוֹר֔וֹ וְנָמֵ֖ר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יו גַּם־אַתֶּם֙ תּוּכְל֣וּ לְהֵיטִ֔יב לִמֻּדֵ֖י הָרֵֽעַ׃
Debug: verse number 11805Edit time markersCan the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
/hă yahăfṓx kūšī́ ʿōrṓ wᵉ nāmḗr ḥăvarburōtā́w gam ʾattém tūxᵉlū́ lᵉ hēṭī́v limmudḗ hārḗaʿ /
Gloss translation
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yahăfṓx
- turn
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- kūšī́
- Ethiopian
- n m sg abs
- ʿōrṓ
- skin
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nāmḗr
- leopard
- n m sg abs
- ḥăvarburōtā́w
- skin-specks
- n f pl abs + III m sg
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾattém
- you
- prop II m pl
- tūxᵉlū́
- be able
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hēṭī́v
- be good
- v √hi infcon abs
- limmudḗ
- disciple
- n m pl con
- hārḗaʿ
- be evil
- v √hi infcon abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yahᵃfōˈḵ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kûšîˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʕôrôˈ
- Question
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - nāmēˈr
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḥᵃvarburōṯāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - gam ʔatteˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tûḵᵊlûˈ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hêṭîˈv
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Attributive clause- Subject
Nominal phrase - limmuḏêˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hārēˈₐʕ
- Subject