הֵ֠ם יָֽצְא֣וּ אֶת־הָעִיר֮ לֹ֣א הִרְחִיקוּ֒ וְיוֹסֵ֤ף אָמַר֙ לַֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־בֵּית֔וֹ ק֥וּם רְדֹ֖ף אַחֲרֵ֣י הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְהִשַּׂגְתָּם֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם לָ֛מָּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּ֥ם רָעָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת טוֹבָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 1329They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
/hēm yāṣᵉʾū́ ʾet hā ʿīr lō hirḥīqū́ wᵉ yōsḗf ʾāmár la ʾăšer ʿal bētṓ qūm rᵉdōf ʾaḥărḗ hā ʾănāšī́m wᵉ hiśśagtā́m wᵉ ʾāmartā́ ʾălēhém lā́mmā šillamtém rāʿā́ táḥat ṭōvā́ /
Gloss translation
- hēm
- they
- prop III m pl
- yāṣᵉʾū́
- go out
- v √qal perf III pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- hirḥīqū́
- be far
- v √hi perf III pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yōsḗf
- Joseph
- pn m sg abs
- ʾāmár
- say
- v √qal perf III m sg
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- bētṓ
- house
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- qūm
- arise
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- rᵉdōf
- pursue
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- ʾaḥărḗ
- after
- prep m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾănāšī́m
- man
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hiśśagtā́m
- overtake
- v √hi perf II m sg + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāmartā́
- say
- v √qal perf II m sg
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- šillamtém
- be complete
- v √pi perf II m pl
- rāʿā́
- evil
- n f sg abs
- táḥat
- under part
- prep m sg con
- ṭōvā́
- what is good
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hēm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāṣᵊʔûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ hā ʕîr
- Subject
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hirḥîqûˈ
- Negation
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - yôsēˈf
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmaˈr
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Complement clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- la ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal bêṯôˈ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qûm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- rᵊḏōf
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔaḥᵃrêˈ hā ʔᵃnāšîˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- hiśśaḡtāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmartāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlēheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šillamteˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - rāʕāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - taˈḥaṯ ṭôvāˈ
- Question