שִׁלְח֨וּ מִכֶּ֣ם אֶחָד֮ וְיִקַּ֣ח אֶת־אֲחִיכֶם֒ וְאַתֶּם֙ הֵאָ֣סְר֔וּ וְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙ דִּבְרֵיכֶ֔ם הַֽאֱמֶ֖ת אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְאִם־לֹ֕א חֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה כִּ֥י מְרַגְּלִ֖ים אַתֶּֽם׃
Debug: verse number 1269Edit time markersSend one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
/šilḥū́ mikkém ʾeḥād wᵉ yiqqáḥ ʾet ʾăḥīxém wᵉ ʾattém hēʾāsᵉrū wᵉ yibbā́ḥănū divrēxém ha ʾĕmet ʾittᵉxém wᵉ ʾim lō ḥē farʿṓ kī mᵉraggᵉlī́m ʾattém /
Gloss translation
- šilḥū́
- send
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- mikkém
- from
- prep + II m pl
- ʾeḥād
- one
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yiqqáḥ
- take
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾăḥīxém
- brother
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾattém
- you
- prop II m pl
- hēʾāsᵉrū
- bind
- v √ni imp! II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yibbā́ḥănū
- examine
- v √ni imperf III m pl
- divrēxém
- word
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- ʾĕmet
- trustworthiness
- n f sg abs
- ʾittᵉxém
- together with
- prep + II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ḥē
- alive
- a m sg abs
- farʿṓ
- pharaoh
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- mᵉraggᵉlī́m
- slander
- v √pi part m pl abs
- ʾattém
- you
- prop II m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šilḥûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mikkeˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔeḥāḏ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiqqaˈḥ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʔᵃḥîḵeˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-X-imperative clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔatteˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hēʔāsᵊrû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yibbāˈḥᵃnû
- Subject
Nominal phrase - divrêḵeˈm
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵉmeṯ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔittᵊḵeˈm
- Question
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ḥê
- Subject
Nominal phrase - farʕōˈ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊraggᵊlîˈm
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔatteˈm
- Conjunction