רָ֤ץ לִקְרַאת־רָץ֙ יָר֔וּץ וּמַגִּ֖יד לִקְרַ֣את מַגִּ֑יד לְהַגִּיד֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּֽי־נִלְכְּדָ֥ה עִיר֖וֹ מִקָּצֶֽה׃
·Debug: verse number 12759One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
/rāṣ li qᵉrat rāṣ yārū́ṣ ū maggī́d li qᵉrat maggī́d lᵉ haggīd lᵉ mélex bāvél kī nilkᵉdā́ ʿīrṓ mi-q-qāṣé /
Gloss translation
- rāṣ
- run
- n √qal part m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- qᵉrat
- encounter
- v √qal infcon con
- rāṣ
- run
- n √qal part m sg abs
- yārū́ṣ
- run
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- maggī́d
- report
- n √hi part m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- qᵉrat
- encounter
- v √qal infcon con
- maggī́d
- report
- n √hi part m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- haggīd
- report
- v √hi infcon abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- mélex
- king
- n m sg con
- bāvél
- Babel
- pn sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- nilkᵉdā́
- seize
- v √ni perf III f sg
- ʿīrṓ
- town
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- mi
- from
- prep
- -q-qāṣé
- end
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - rāṣ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li qᵊraṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - rāṣ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yārûˈṣ
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - maggîˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li qᵊraṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - maggîˈḏ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ haggîḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ meˈleḵ bāveˈl
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nilkᵊḏāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕîrôˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - mi qqāṣeˈ
- Conjunction