מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ כַּיְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹת יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ מָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַֽעֲלֶה֙ אֲכַסֶּה־אֶ֔רֶץ אֹבִ֥ידָה עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃
Debug: verse number 12569Edit time markersEgypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
/miṣráyim ka yᵉʾōr yaʿălé wᵉ xa -n-nᵉhārṓt yitgṓʿăšū mā́yim wa-y-yṓmer ʾáʿăleh ʾăxasse ʾéreṣ ʾōvī́dā ʿīr wᵉ yṓšᵉvē vāh /
Gloss translation
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- ka
- as
- prep
- yᵉʾōr
- Nile
- pn sg abs
- yaʿălé
- ascend
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xa
- as
- prep
- -n-nᵉhārṓt
- stream
- n m pl abs
- yitgṓʿăšū
- shake
- v √hitpo imperf III m pl
- mā́yim
- water
- n m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾáʿăleh
- ascend
- v √qal imperf I sg
- ʾăxasse
- cover
- v √pi imperf I sg
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- ʾōvī́dā
- perish
- v √hi imperf I sg
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yṓšᵉvē
- sit
- v √qal part m pl con
- vāh
- in
- prep + III f sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - miṣraˈyim
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ka yᵊʔōr
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yaʕᵃleˈ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ḵa nnᵊhārôˈṯ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiṯgōˈʕᵃšû
- Subject
Nominal phrase - māˈyim
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔaˈʕᵃleh
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃḵasse
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔeˈreṣ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔōvîˈḏā
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʕîr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yōˈšᵊvê
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vāh
- Conjunction