וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רְדוּ־שָׁ֙מָּה֙ וְשִׁבְרוּ־לָ֣נוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְנִחְיֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א נָמֽוּת׃
Debug: verse number 1255“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
/wa-y-yṓmer hinnḗ šāmáʿtī kī yeš šéver bᵉ miṣrā́yim rᵉdū šā́mmā wᵉ šivrū lā́nū mi-š-šām wᵉ niḥyé wᵉ lō nāmū́t /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- šāmáʿtī
- hear
- v √qal perf I sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- yeš
- existence
- n sg abs
- šéver
- corn
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- miṣrā́yim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- rᵉdū
- descend
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- šā́mmā
- there
- adv
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šivrū
- buy grain
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- mi
- from
- prep
- -š-šām
- there
- adv
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- niḥyé
- be alive
- v √qal imperf I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- nāmū́t
- die
- v √qal imperf I pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šāmaˈʕtî
- Interjection
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Existence
Nominal phrase - yeš
- Subject
Nominal phrase - šeˈver
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ miṣrāˈyim
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- rᵊḏû
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- šāˈmmā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šivrû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase- mi ššām
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niḥyeˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāmûˈṯ
- Conjunction