וַיֹּ֤אמֶר רְאוּבֵן֙ אֶל־אָבִ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר אֶת־שְׁנֵ֤י בָנַי֙ תָּמִ֔ית אִם־לֹ֥א אֲבִיאֶ֖נּוּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ תְּנָ֤ה אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־יָדִ֔י וַאֲנִ֖י אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
Debug: verse number 1290Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
/wa-y-yṓmer rᵉʾūvḗn ʾel ʾāvíw lē ʾmōr ʾet šᵉnē vānáy tāmī́t ʾim lō ʾăvīʾénnū ʾēléxā tᵉnā ʾōtṓ ʿal yādī́ wa ʾănī ʾăšīvénnū ʾēléxā /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- rᵉʾūvḗn
- Reuben
- pn sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾāvíw
- father
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- šᵉnē
- two
- n 2 con
- vānáy
- son
- n m pl abs
- tāmī́t
- die
- v √hi imperf II m sg
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾăvīʾénnū
- come
- v √hi imperf I sg + III m sg
- ʾēléxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- tᵉnā
- give
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- ʾōtṓ
- [object marker]
- prep + III m sg
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- yādī́
- hand
- n sg abs + I sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- ʾăšīvénnū
- return
- v √hi imperf I sg + III m sg
- ʾēléxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - rᵊʔûvēˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔāviˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ šᵊnê vānaˈy
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tāmîˈṯ
- Object
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃvîʔeˈnnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēleˈʸḵā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tᵊnā
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal yāḏîˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnî
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃšîveˈnnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēleˈʸḵā
- Conjunction