וַיַּעַן֩ רְאוּבֵ֨ן אֹתָ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר הֲלוֹא֩ אָמַ֨רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֧ם ׀ לֵאמֹ֛ר אַל־תֶּחֶטְא֥וּ בַיֶּ֖לֶד וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וְגַם־דָּמ֖וֹ הִנֵּ֥ה נִדְרָֽשׁ׃
Debug: verse number 1275Edit time markersBut Reuben replied: “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
/wa-y-yaʿán rᵉʾūvḗn ʾōtā́m lē ʾmōr hă lō ʾāmártī ʾălēxém lē ʾmōr ʾal teḥeṭʾū́ va -y-yéled wᵉ lō šᵉmaʿtém wᵉ gam dāmṓ hinnḗ nidrā́š /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yaʿán
- answer
- v √qal wy III m sg
- rᵉʾūvḗn
- Reuben
- pn sg abs
- ʾōtā́m
- [object marker]
- prep + III m pl
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾāmártī
- say
- v √qal perf I sg
- ʾălēxém
- to
- prep + II m pl
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- teḥeṭʾū́
- miss
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- va
- in
- prep
- -y-yéled
- boy
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- šᵉmaʿtém
- hear
- v √qal perf II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- gam
- even
- adv
- dāmṓ
- blood
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- nidrā́š
- inquire
- v √ni part m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyaʕaˈn
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - rᵊʔûvēˈn
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lô
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmaˈrtî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêḵeˈm
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- teḥeṭʔûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - va yyeˈleḏ
- Negation
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šᵊmaʕteˈm
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationCasus pendens
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Fronted element
Nominal phrase - ḡam dāmôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Resumption- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- niḏrāˈš
- Interjection