וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂר֩ עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ אַחִ֧ים ׀ אֲנַ֛חְנוּ בְּנֵ֥י אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְהִנֵּ֨ה הַקָּטֹ֤ן אֶת־אָבִ֙ינוּ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וְהָאֶחָ֖ד אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃
Debug: verse number 1266Edit time markersBut they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ šᵉnēm ʿāśā́r ʿăvādéxā ʾaḥī́m ʾănáḥnū bᵉnē ʾīš ʾeḥā́d bᵉ ʾéreṣ kᵉnā́ʿan wᵉ hinnḗ ha-q-qāṭṓn ʾet ʾāvī́nū ha-y-yōm wᵉ hā ʾeḥā́d ʾēnénnū /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- šᵉnēm
- two
- n 2 abs
- ʿāśā́r
- -teen
- n sg abs
- ʿăvādéxā
- servant
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- ʾaḥī́m
- brother
- n m pl abs
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg con
- kᵉnā́ʿan
- Canaan
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- ha
- the
- art
- -q-qāṭṓn
- small
- n m sg abs
- ʾet
- together with
- prep
- ʾāvī́nū
- father
- n m sg abs + I pl
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- ʾēnénnū
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - šᵊnêm ʕāśāˈr
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏeˈʸḵā
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʔaḥîˈm
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnaˈḥnû
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Coordinated clause- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - bᵊnê ʔîš ʔeḥāˈḏ bᵊ ʔeˈreṣ kᵊnāˈʕan
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha qqāṭōˈn
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʔāvîˈnû
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - ha yyôm
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationCasus pendens
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Fronted element
Nominal phrase - hā ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Resumption- Negative copula with subject suffix
Negative phrase- ʔêneˈnnû
- Negative copula with subject suffix