שְׁלִשִׁ֗ית בָּא֤וּר תַּבְעִיר֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֔יר כִּמְלֹ֖את יְמֵ֣י הַמָּצ֑וֹר וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֗ית תַּכֶּ֤ה בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ סְבִ֣יבוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ תִּזְרֶ֣ה לָר֔וּחַ וְחֶ֖רֶב אָרִ֥יק אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃
Debug: verse number 12910When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
/šᵉlišī́t bā ʾūr tavʿīr bᵉ tōx hā ʿīr ki mᵉlōt yᵉmē ha-m-māṣṓr wᵉ lāqáḥtā ʾet ha-š-šᵉlišī́t takké va ḥérev sᵉvīvōtéhā wᵉ ha-š-šᵉlišīt tizré lā rūaḥ wᵉ ḥérev ʾārī́q ʾaḥărēhém /
Gloss translation
- šᵉlišī́t
- third part
- n f sg abs
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʾūr
- light
- n m sg abs
- tavʿīr
- burn
- v √hi imperf II m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- tōx
- midst
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- ki
- as
- prep
- mᵉlōt
- be full
- v √qal infcon con
- yᵉmē
- day
- n m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-māṣṓr
- siege
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lāqáḥtā
- take
- v √qal perf II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šᵉlišī́t
- third part
- n f sg abs
- takké
- strike
- v √hi imperf II m sg
- va
- in
- prep
- ḥérev
- dagger
- n f sg abs
- sᵉvīvōtéhā
- surrounding
- adv f pl abs + III f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šᵉlišīt
- third part
- n f sg abs
- tizré
- scatter
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- lā
- to
- prep
- rūaḥ
- wind
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ḥérev
- dagger
- n f sg abs
- ʾārī́q
- be empty
- v √hi imperf I sg
- ʾaḥărēhém
- after
- prep m pl abs + III m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Nominal phrase - šᵊlišîˈṯ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bā ʔûr
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tavʕîr
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ṯôḵ hā ʕîr
- Object
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ki mᵊlōṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - yᵊmê ha mmāṣôˈr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lāqaˈḥtā
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha ššᵊlišîˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- takkeˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - va ḥeˈrev
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- sᵊvîvôṯeˈʸhā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ha ššᵊlišîṯ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tizreˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lā rûₐḥ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḥeˈrev
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔārîˈq
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔaḥᵃrêheˈm
- Conjunction