וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ שָׁא֣וֹל שָֽׁאַל־הָ֠אִישׁ לָ֣נוּ וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הַע֨וֹד אֲבִיכֶ֥ם חַי֙ הֲיֵ֣שׁ לָכֶ֣ם אָ֔ח וַנַ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ עַל־פִּ֖י הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה הֲיָד֣וֹעַ נֵדַ֔ע כִּ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר הוֹרִ֖ידוּ אֶת־אֲחִיכֶֽם׃
Debug: verse number 1298They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ šāʾṓl šā́ʾal hā ʾīš lā́nū ū lᵉ mōladtēnū lē ʾmōr ha ʿōd ʾăvīxém ḥay hă yēš lāxém ʾāḥ wa nágged lō ʿal pī ha-d-dᵉvārī́m hā ʾḗlle hă yādṓaʿ nēdáʿ kī yōmár hōrī́dū ʾet ʾăḥīxém /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- šāʾṓl
- ask
- adv √qal infabs abs
- šā́ʾal
- ask
- v √qal perf III m sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- mōladtēnū
- offspring
- n f sg abs + I pl
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- ʿōd
- duration
- adv m sg abs
- ʾăvīxém
- father
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- ḥay
- alive
- a m sg abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yēš
- existence
- n sg abs
- lāxém
- to
- prep + II m pl
- ʾāḥ
- brother
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- nágged
- report
- v √hi wy I pl
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- pī
- mouth
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dᵉvārī́m
- word
- n m pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾḗlle
- these
- prod pl
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yādṓaʿ
- know
- adv √qal infabs abs
- nēdáʿ
- know
- v √qal imperf I pl
- kī
- that
- cnj
- yōmár
- say
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- hōrī́dū
- descend
- v √hi imp! II m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾăḥīxém
- brother
- n m sg abs + II m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- šāʔôˈl
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šāˈʔal
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʔîš
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû û lᵊ môlaḏtēnû
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʕôḏ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃvîḵeˈm
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ḥay
- Question
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Existence
Nominal phrase - yēš
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lāḵeˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔāḥ
- Question
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- naˈggeḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal pî ha ddᵊvārîˈm hā ʔēˈlle
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- yāḏôˈₐʕ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nēḏaˈʕ
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yōmaˈr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hôrîˈḏû
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʔᵃḥîḵeˈm
- Predicate